Taking the stump," or, Stephen in search of his mother
Stephen Douglas hobbles on a wooden leg, holding a top hat in his hand. Behind him, James Buchanan offers a wooden leg to John C. Breckinridge. Beside them, Abraham Lincoln leans casually against a fence and says, "Go it ye cripples! Wooden legs are cheap but stumping won't save you." At left, John Bell stands talking with Henry Wise. Cf. Gale.; "Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1860, by Currier & Ives, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court, for the Southern Distt. of N.Y."; Probably drawn by Louis Maurer.
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