Research Catalog

American political caricatures

Title
American political caricatures [graphic].
Publication
1863-1872.

Details

Additional Authors
  • Strong, Thomas W.
  • Currier & Ives.
  • E.C. Kellogg & Co.
  • H.H. Lloyd & Co.
  • L. Prang & Co.
  • Wheeler & Ely.
Description
26 prints : lithograph, wood engraving, some col.; 39.7 x 48 cm. or smaller.
Summary
Caricatures on topics including the American Civil War, 1863-1865, including several of the capture of Jefferson Davis, the Democratic National Convention of 1864, the Grant administration and the Tweed Ring. Other subjects include blacks, Copperheads, gunboats and voting. Individuals portrayed include Schuyler Colfax, Jefferson Davis, Horace Greeley, Ulysses S. Grant, Robert E. Lee, Abraham Lincoln, George B. McClellan, George H. Pendleton, Horatio Seymour, William Marcy Tweed and Clement L. Vallandigham.
Subject
  • Colfax, Schuyler, 1823-1885
  • Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889
  • Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872
  • Grant, Ulysses S. 1822-1885
  • Lee, Robert E. 1807-1870
  • Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
  • McClellan, George B. 1826-1885
  • Pendleton, George H. 1825-1889
  • Seymour, Horatio, 1810-1886
  • Tweed, William Marcy, 1823-1878
  • Vallandigham, Clement L. 1820-1871
  • Democratic Party (U.S.)
  • Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
  • Tammany Society, or Columbian Order (N.Y.)
  • African American soldiers
  • Ballot boxes
  • Black people > United States
  • Copperheads
  • Gunboats
  • Political conventions
  • Political elections
  • Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
  • Uncle Sam (Symbolic character)
  • Voting
  • Richmond (Va.) > History > Civil War, 1861-1865
  • Southern States > History > 1865-1877
  • United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865
Genre/Form
  • Caricatures – United States – 1800-1899.
  • Prints – United States – 1800-1899.
Note
  • Publishers include Currier & Ives, E.C. Kellogg & Co., H.H. Lloyd & Co., L. Prang & Co., Thomas W. Strong, and Wheeler & Ely.
  • Title devised by cataloger.
Contents
1. A Pair of Noble Brothers -- 2. "I knew him, Horatio; A Fellow of Infinite Jest...Where Be Your Jibes Now? Hamlet, Act IV, Scene 1 -- 3. Platforms Illustrated -- 4. The Chicago Platform -- 5. Little Mac Trying to Dig his Way to the White House but is Frightened by Spiritual Manifestations -- 6. The Chicago Platform, What Is it, Peace or War -- 7. How Free Ballot is Protected -- 8. Northern Coat of Arms -- 9. The Political Siamese Twins -- 10. Copperheads Worshipping their Idol -- 11. Forward March! Uncle Sam's Old Hens covering their chickens on the way to Richmond -- 12. The Traitor -- 13. "Gone Up" Jef [sic] and the Southern Confederacy -- 14. The Cake in Danger -- 15. The Capture of Jeff Davis -- 16. The "Rail Splitter" at Work Repairing the Union -- 17. Southern Tombstones; An Inside View of Dixie -- 18. Jeff's Last Shift -- 19. [Capture of Jeff Davis] -- 20. "I say Billy, do you know why I'm doing this? Cause, I'm going to run for Congress soon!" -- 21. The Bottle Imp -- 22. National Union Republican Banner, 1868 -- 23. The Radical Party on a Heavy Grade -- 24. The Jack Knife War -- 25. Splitting the Party -- 26. The New Fountain of Democracy, Swill Milk for Hungry Suckers.
Call Number
MEZYRS
OCLC
NYPG95-F143
Title
American political caricatures [graphic].
Imprint
1863-1872.
Added Author
Strong, Thomas W.
Currier & Ives.
E.C. Kellogg & Co.
H.H. Lloyd & Co.
L. Prang & Co.
Wheeler & Ely.
Research Call Number
MEZYRS
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