Lot of 5 Jugate Grand National Banner hand-colored lithographs published by Currier & Ives, ca 1844-1864. Includes both competing Democratic and Whig banners of the 1844 election. Grand National Democratic Banner: Press Onward. New York, NY: N. Currier, ca 1844. 8.375 x 12.375 in. (sight), 14 x 18 (frame). Laurel wreathed candidates James K. Polk and George M. Dallas for the 1844 national election with campaign slogan “Polk the Young Hickory, Dallas and Victory.”Grand National Whig Banner: Onward. New York, NY: N. Currier, ca 1844. 9.5 x 13.5 in. (sight), 12.5 x 16.5 in (frame). Candidates Henry Clay and Theodore M. Frelinghuysen for the 1844 national election, with design nearly identical to that of Polk and Dallas. Grand National Whig Banner: Press Onward. New York, NY: N. Currier, ca 1848. 8.75 x 12.75 in. (sight), 14 x 18 in. (frame). Candidates Zachary Taylor and Millard Fillmore for the 1848 national election, Taylor shown in uniform.Grand National Republican Banner: Free Labor, Free Speech, Free Territory. New York, NY: N. Currier, ca 1856. 9 x 13.25 in. (sight) 14 x 18 (frame). Candidates John C. Frémont and William L. Dayton for the 1856 national election with agrarian vignette.Grand National Democratic Banner: Peace! Union! And Victory! New York, NY: Currier & Ives, ca 1864. 9.25 x 12.75 in (sight), 13 x 17 in. (frame). Candidates George B. McClellan and George H. Pendleton, with clasped hands below the portraits and vignette of bustling harbor and busy farmers.