Hand colored lithograph by John Townsend Bowen (1801-ca 1856) refers to the log cabin campaign of William Henry Harrison. It is one of many that depicts several men drinking, smoking, and presumably discussing politics. Issued in 1841, shortly after the election, the print was published in Philadelphia by G. W. Burgess & Co., and painted by William Hall. The men are in front of a building labeled the "Harrison Hotel," with a sign indicating L. Stilman as proprietor. Signs on the hotel indicate a meeting for Van Buren and election broadsides for William Henry Harrison, President and John Tyler, Vice President. The hotel is clearly not a log cabin.
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