About this image...

Image Title: The Colonel Electioneering. How To Get A Vote, Or Going Fixed For The Purpose, circa 1830

Creator: Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784-1851, engraver

Date: Between 1830 and 1834

Summary: Print shows a man at center, assumed to be Davy Crockett, standing on a busy commercial street, offering one man a drink and another man tobacco, while campaigning for political office. Two dogs have stopped to observe. Includes lengthy text of an interview between "B" and the "Col." wherein Crockett describes his electioneering method; citing as the source, the "Life of David Crockett."

Subjects: City & town life--1830-1840
Crockett, Davy,--1786-1836
Crowds--1830-1840
Political campaigns--1830-1840

Original Media: Etching

Collections: Popular Graphic Arts

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