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Bandbox, William Henry Harrison
This is a Bandbox. It is dated ca. 1840 and we acquired it in 1913. Its medium is block-printed paper, pasteboard support. It is a part of the Wallcoverings department.
Harrison was thrust into the limelight for his Indian campaigns while a territorial Governor in the mid-west. After the war he served in the U.S. House of Representatives (1816-19), the Ohio State Senate (1819-21) and the U.S. Senate (1825-28). Harrison was the candidate for the Whig Party in 1840 and for his election campaign Harrison was packaged as a war hero and a frontiersman. This made Harrison the butt of political jokes by his opponents the Democrats, one of which is illustrated on the bandbox. His opponents said that he was such a yokel that "upon condition of his receiving a pension of $2,000 and a barrel of cider, General Harrison would no doubt consent to withdraw his presidential pretensions and spend his days in a log cabin on the banks of the Ohio". He is illustrated on the bandbox greeting an old veteran in front of a cabin. There is a barrel of cider by his side and the Ohio River runs through the background. Despite the puns against him Harrison was elected the 9th president of the United States in 1840. At the age of 67, he was the oldest man elected president. After serving only a month he was also the first to die in office.
This object was featured in our Object of the Week series in a post titled Bandboxes Get Political.
This object was
donated by
Mrs. Frederick F. Thompson.
It is credited Gift of Mrs. Frederick F. Thompson.
- Bandbox And Lid, Old US Capitol
- block-printed paper on pasteboard support.
- Gift of Mrs. James O. Green.
- 1913-12-4-a,b
- Textile (USA)
- cotton.
- Bequest of Elinor Merrell.
- 1995-50-200
- Decorative Panel, Les Grands Hommes
- block-printed paper.
- Gift of Dr. Gertrude Bilhuber in memory of her father Ernst Bilhuber.
- 1949-78-1
Our curators have highlighted 3 objects that are related to this one.
- Bandbox, Surrender of Cornwallis
- block-printed on handmade paper, pasteboard support.
- Gift of J.A. Lloyd Hyde.
- 1945-51-5
- Sidewall (USA)
- block printed on handmade paper.
- Gift of The Museum at The Fashion Institute of Technology.
- 1998-75-144
- Medal (USA)
- engraved bronze.
- Gift of Victor David Brenner.
- 1906-33-1
Its dimensions are
H x W x D: 28.5 x 38.1 x 33 cm (11 1/4 in. x 15 in. x 13 in.)
Cite this object as
Bandbox, William Henry Harrison; USA; block-printed paper, pasteboard support; H x W x D: 28.5 x 38.1 x 33 cm (11 1/4 in. x 15 in. x 13 in.); Gift of Mrs. Frederick F. Thompson; 1913-45-7-a,b
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Hewitt Sisters Collect.
