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The first of May 1865 or gen'l moving day in Richmond Va. [graphic] / Lith. by Kimmel & Forster, 254 & 256 Canal St., N.Y.
Persistent link:
https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/Islandora%3A65192
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Creator
Kimmell & Forster, lithographers.
Contributor
Voight, H.& W., publishers
Title
The first of May 1865 or gen'l moving day in Richmond Va. [graphic] / Lith. by Kimmel & Forster, 254 & 256 Canal St., N.Y.
Publisher
New York : Published by H. & W. Voight, 254 & 256 Canal St
Publisher
N.Y. New York. 1865
Date
1865
Physical Description
1 print : hand colored lithograph ; sheet 25 x 28 cm (9.5 x 11 in.)
Description
Cartoon relishing the surrender of the Confederacy to the Union depicting a Southern general moving from his war damaged home which is to undergo a "Sheriff Sale" and to be let by "Lincoln & Co." Three white Southerners and two African American men, one who thumbs his nose, witness the General and a mover begin to load a "C.S.A." (i.e., Confederate States of America) cart. The cart, to be pulled by two dogs, is situated next to a "C.S.A Treasury" box of "Waste Paper" that is being urinated upon by another dog. The mover is burdened by several packages, many falling off his back, labeled with the names of Confederate states.
Is referenced by
Weitenkampf, p. 148
Notes
Title from item.
Date from copyright statement: Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1865, by H. & W. Voight in the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Southern District of New York.
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.
Biographical / historical note
Kimmel and Forster was a 19th-century firm known more so for their engraving than their lithography.
Subject
African American men -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Carts & wagons -- United States.
Dogs -- United States.
Soldiers -- Confederate.
Geographic subject
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Confiscations.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Peace.
Genre
Political cartoons -- 1860-1870.
Printer
Voight, H.& W., publishers
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| political cartoons - 1865-4W [P.2275.29]
Accession number
P.2275.29
In Collections
Political Cartoons Collection
African American History Political Cartoons
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