| Creator |
Kramer, Peter, 1823-1907 artist. |
| Contributor |
McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector. |
|
P. Kramer & C. Muringer, publisher. |
| Title |
Shadows of the times. [graphic] /. P. Kramer del. |
| Publisher |
Philadelphia: Published by P. Kramer & C. Muringer, 253 North 8th St |
| Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1862 |
| Date |
c1862 |
| Physical Description |
8 prints: lithograph, 2 mounted on paper; 32 x 25 cm.(12.5 x 9.5 in.) or smaller. |
| Description |
Series of three Civil War satires containing captioned vignettes utilizing shadow figures to cynically depict the threat of
a European intervention; the prowess of the military; and the exploitation of war news. Plate 1 contains two scenes foreshadowing
possible British, French, and Prussian invasions. Shows Queen Victoria, on the shore of Britain, accompanied by demons and
restraining the British lion while she threatens Columbia, "I will sink your ships and burn your factories they are a perfect
nuisance." Columbia, atop a globe flanked by warships, holding an American flag and shield, and with a man at her feet thumbing
his nose at Britain, replies, "You don't say so!! Very glad to see you." Second scene shows Emperor Napoleon III, and probably,
Prussian commander Otto Von Bismarck conversing in a parlor in front of framed paintings of Napoleon I in exile and Frederick
the Great commanding his army. Bismark points to the Napoleon painting and comments "General. St. Helena is not forgotten."
Plate 2 includes "Good Bye to the Lager" showing male civilians and a soldier at a saloon; the disorganized and distracted
"Jeff. Davis' Body Guard"; soldiers chasing, bayoneting; and roasting pigs for "Pig duty in the Sacred Soil"; and "Rather
moist" showing a military caravan crossing a river. Plate 3 includes "Somerset Polka (Quick Step)" depicting the death and
chaos of a military battle; newsboys hawking the "Evening Bulletin. Capture of Fort Pulsing" to a crowd of eager pedestrians;
a soldier, "One of the Chivalry in excitement," stretching from a nap; overweight and doddering soldiers "Going to play the
Yankee Doodle down South"; an officer in a huff demanding "Why didn't you call when you saw me coming?" to a lieutenant who
responds, "Senty. Beg pardon Sir, I thought you was an animal."; and infantrymen threatening a cow "Surrender or you are a
dead Man."
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| Is referenced by |
Reilly 1862-3. |
| Notes |
Plate numbers printed upper right corner. |
|
Originally part of McAllister scrapbooks of Civil War materials and Civil War caricatures and photographs. |
|
Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War. |
| Subject |
Napoleon III, Emperor of the French, 1808-1873 -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901 -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Stupidity. |
|
Exploitation. |
| Geographic subject |
United States -- Foreign relations -- 1861-1865. |
|
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Military personnel. |
|
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Social aspects. |
|
Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- United States. |
|
France -- Foreign relations -- United States. |
|
Prussia (Germany) -- Foreign relations -- United States. |
| Genre |
Political cartoons -- 1860-1870. |
|
Lithographs -- 1860-1870. |
| Printer |
P. Kramer & C. Muringer, publisher. |
| Provenance |
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| political cartoons 1862-3 [(10)1540.F; 5780.F; 5780.F.32-34] |
| Accession number |
(10)1540.F; 5780.F; 5780.F.32-3 |
