"The Prairie Dog"
This is James Akin's earliest-known signed cartoon, "The Prairie Dog." It is an anti-Jefferson satire, relating to Jefferson's negotiations for the purchase of West Florida from Spain in 1804. Thomas Jefferson, as a scrawny dog, is stung by a hornet with Napoleon's head for "Two Millions" in gold coins, (the secret appropriation Jefferson sought from Congress for the purchase). On the right dances a man with orders from French minister Talleyrand and maps of Florida in his hand.
- Date:
- 1804
- Original Format:
- Cartoon
- Item#:
- 1800.0017
- Height:
- 907px
- Width:
- 1269px
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