| Creator |
Johnston, David Claypoole, 1799-1865, artist. |
| Title |
The house that Jeff built. [graphic]. |
| Publisher |
[Boston] : Published by David Claypoole Johnston |
| Publisher |
MASS. Boston. 1863 |
| Date |
1863 |
| Physical Description |
1 print : etching ; sheet 30 x 43 cm (12 x 17 in.) |
| Description |
Cartoon attacking slavery and Jefferson Davis as the Confederate President. Contains twelve vignettes indicative of the inhumanity
of the institution of slavery with accompanying verse following the frequently used cartoons scheme of the nursery rhyme "The
House that Jack Built." The vignettes starting with the house that Jeff built (a depiction of a "Slave Pen") continue to include
images of bales of cotton; enslaved African Americans working in the cotton fields; an auction of enslaved African American
men, women, and children; a white man auctioneer; shackles; a white man enslaver whipping an enslaved African American woman;
and a portrait of "arch rebel" Davis. The vignettes end with the image of several smashed symbols of slavery, such as shackles
and whips alongside a notice of Davis's execution. The accompanying verse predicts that "Jeffs infamous house is doom'd."
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| Is referenced by |
Weitenkampf, p. 138 |
|
Reilly, 1863-9 |
| Notes |
Title from item. |
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Artist and publication information supplied by Reilly. |
|
Date from copyright statement: Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1863 by D.C. Johnson in the Clerk's Office
of the District Court of Massachusetts.
|
|
Purchase 1966. |
|
Description revised 2021. |
|
Access points revised 2021. |
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Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War. |
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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.
|
| Biographical / historical note |
David Claypoole Johnston (1779-1860), known as the "American Cruikshank," was a respected comic illustrator, engraver, and
lithographer.
|
| Subject |
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889 -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
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African American children. |
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African American men. |
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African American women. |
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Cotton plantations -- United States. |
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Plantation overseers -- United States. |
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Shackles. |
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Slave labor -- United States. |
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Slave trade -- United States. |
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Slave traders -- United States. |
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Slavery -- Moral and ethical aspects. |
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Enslaved persons -- United States. |
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Whipping -- United States. |
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Enslaved children -- United States. |
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Enslaved labor -- United States. |
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Enslaved men -- United States. |
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Enslaved women -- United States. |
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Enslavers -- United States. |
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Traders -- United States. |
| Geographic subject |
Confederate States of America -- Social life and customs. |
|
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865. |
| Genre |
Anti-slavery prints -- United States -- 1860-1870. |
|
Etchings -- 1860-2870. |
|
Political cartoons -- 1860-1870. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Political Cartoons - 1863-9 [7549.F] |
| Accession number |
7549.F |
