Details
Contributor Baker, Joseph E., approximately 1837-1914, artist.
Cutler, J.E., publisher.
Title Northern coat of arms. [graphic].
Publisher Boston : J.E. Cutler
Publisher MASS. Boston. 1864
Date 1864
Physical Description 1 print : lithograph ; sheet 33 x 27cm (12.75 x10.25 in.)
Description Racist cartoon expressing anti-abolitionist sentiment within the North by depicting a "Northern Coat of Arms," in which only the rights of African Americans are represented. Depicts a Phrygian cap from which an African American man's large feet protrude. The cap, inscribed "Liberty," is adorned with the American symbols of stars and the eagle with an arrow and olive branches.
Is referenced by Reilly, 1864-36
Weitenkampf, p. 141
Notes Title from item.
Date from copyright statement: Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1864 by j.E. Cutler in the clerk's office of the district court of the dist. of Mass.
Series no. printed on recto: 159.
Probably drawn by Joseph E. Baker, Boston.
Accessioned 1979.
RVCDC
Description revised 2021.
Access points revised 2021.
Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Subject African American men -- Caricatures and cartoons.
African Americans -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Feet.
Liberty caps.
Racism in popular culture.
Geographic subject United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
Genre Anti-abolition prints -- United States -- 1860-1870.
Lithographs -- 1860-1870.
Political cartoons -- 1860-1870.
Printer Cutler, J.E., publisher.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Political Cartoons - 1864-36R [P.2275.4]
Accession number P.2275.4