(PRESIDENTS 1872 ELECTION) Satirical fan depicting Liberal

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(PRESIDENTS--1872 ELECTION.) Satirical fan depicting Liberal Republican presidential candidate Horace Greeley. 2 die-cut lithographed sheets, 9 x 7 1/2 inches, pasted together around a 10-inch wooden handle, with small tufts of white silk around the ears representing hair; moderately worn with several short tears and faint staining on recto (the face) and heavier closed tears plus a rust stain on the verso. Np, 1872

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Greeley, as a longtime newspaper editor and reformer, was better known to the public than the typical losing presidential candidate. The verso of this fan mocks Greeley's abolitionism and outsized ambition, while the image itself emphasizes his sparse and wispy hair.