| Creator |
Turner, A. A. (Austin Augustus), ca. 1831-1866. |
| Title |
Beauties of the draft [graphic]. |
| Publisher |
New York: A.A. Turner |
| Publisher |
N.Y. New York. 1863 |
| Date |
c1863 |
| Physical Description |
6 photographic prints: albumen on carte de visite mounts; 11 x 7 cm.(4 x 2.5 in.) |
| Description |
Series of six scenes satirizing the inequities and consequences of the Civil War draft. Shows a man bribing a Doctor to declare
him as "too delicate" for the draft; a mother having a "last go" at a liquor bottle in front of her departing son; a soldier
trying to talk a drunkard into enlisting; a soldier trying to move a stubborn mule; a man forced over by a gushing casket
of lager to "avoid the draft"; and an enlisted man kissing his girl in front of a recruiting office as 'No substitute wanted.'
|
| Notes |
Created postfreeze. |
|
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of humorous caricatures and photographs. |
|
Turner was a New York daguerreian and photographer. |
|
Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War. |
| Subject |
Intoxication. |
| Geographic subject |
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Recruiting & enlistment. |
| Genre |
Cartes de viste -- 1860-1870. |
|
Albumen prints -- 1860-1870. |
|
Satires (Visual works) -- 1860-1870. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| cdv - miscellaneous - Civil War - Caricatures & cartoons [5780.F.51i; l-n, & p] |
| Accession number |
5780.F.51i; l-n, & p |
