| Creator |
Stephens, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1824-1882. |
| Title |
[Civil War drawings and cartes de visite reproductions of drawings by Henry Louis Stephens] [graphic]. |
| Publisher |
Philadelphia : Published by L.H. Stephens |
| Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1864 |
| Date |
1864 |
| Physical Description |
36 photographic prints and drawings : 25 albumen on card mount ; 11 ink and watercolor ; mount 23 x 13 cm (9 x 5 in.) or smaller
(carte de visite format)
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| Description |
Series of caricatures predominately satirizing the effects of the presidential policies of Abraham Lincoln on his re-election
and the candidacy of Democratic nominee and former Commander of the U.S. Army, George McClellan, in the presidential election
of 1864. Lincoln caricatures depict racist scenes and themes of election loss and show the president as a comic stage performer;
a feeding open-mouthed tool of the abolitionists; as a defeated Robin Hood with his "Band of Brothers," (i.e. cabinet members
Edwin Stanton, William Seward, and Gideon Welles); as weighed down by the "Old Keystone", a visual metaphor for the large
number of Pennsylvania soldiers lost in the war; as a buffoon tripped up by his large boots of "military necessity"; as patronizing
a miniature McClellan propped up on the "Chicago Platform"; as McClellan's puppeteer; and as "loved little and long" for his
emancipation of the enslaved. McClellan caricatures primarily use the themes of McClellan, known as "The Young Napoleon,"
as a "MacNapoleon" and his contradictory personal and party platforms in relation to the war. Caricatures show "MacNapoleon"
searching for the White House, childishly whining about his quest for the White house, and singing a "doleful ditty" about
himself. Platform caricatures show McClellan as a squeeze doll who speaks two words - war and peace, and in a "Quandary" to
choose between a ballerina representing war and another representing peace. Collection also contains caricatures of Edward
Stanton making a "Soliloquy" as an allusion to a Republican loss in the presidential election; of Peace Democrat Clement Vallandigham
satirizing his sentence of banishment to the South for anti-war sentiments as well as a racist caricature of the "The American
Eagle.1864. A likely young bird" showing an eagle with the head of an African American resting on the American shield marked
"E. Pluribus. U-No-Um."
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| Notes |
Title supplied by cataloger. |
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Date from copyright. |
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Created postfreeze. |
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Originally part of McAllister scrapbooks of materials related to Abraham Lincoln and of humorous caricatures and photographs.
McAlister Collection, gift, 1886.
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RVCDC |
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Description revised 2021. |
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Access points revised 2021. |
| Subject |
Lincoln, Abraham, -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
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McClellan, George Brinton, 1826-1885 -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
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Seward, William Henry, 1801-1872 -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
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Stanton, Edwin McMasters, 1814-1869 -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
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Vallandigham, Clement L. (Clement Laird), 1820-1871 -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
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Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878 -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
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African Americans -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
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Antislavery movements. |
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Indians of North America -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
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Indigenous peoples -- United States -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
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Presidents -- Election -- United States -- 1864. |
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Racism in popular culture. |
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Enslaved people -- United States. |
| Geographic subject |
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865. |
| Genre |
Albumen prints -- 1860-1870. |
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Cartes de viste -- 1860-1870. |
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Ink drawings -- 1860-1870. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Henry Louis Stephens Collection [(11)1540.F.20a; 5780.F.52m; 5792.F.4d&e; 97a-c &f; 98a,b,d, e-i; 99a-h; P.2282.50; P.8686.1-2;
P.2005.2.12a-e; P.2006.1.25a&b]
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| Accession number |
(11)1540.F.20a; 5780.F.52m; 5792.F.4d&e; 97a-c &f; 98a,b,d, e-i; 99a-h; P.2282.50; P.8686.1-2; P.2005.2.12a-e |
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P.2006.1.25a&b |
