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Cabinet series - No. 5. "Bombastes furioso." [graphic].
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Contributor
McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector.
Hart, Charles Henry, 1847-1918, collector.
Phillips, Henry, 1838-1895, collector.
Title
Cabinet series - No. 5. "Bombastes furioso." [graphic].
Publisher
[Philadelphia?]
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1863
Date
[ca. 1863]
Physical Description
1 photographic print: 1 albumen on carte de visite mount; 10 x 6 cm.(4 x 2.5 in.)
Description
Photographic reproduction of a caricature of the Civil War Commander-in-Chief Henry Wager Halleck (1862-1864) that alludes to the "Bombastes" character in the 1810 opera "Bombastes Furioso." Shows Halleck wearing boots with huge spurs and holding a sword and pointing a finger at a boot marked "Commander in Chief" hanging from a tree. The opera character threatened death to anyone who removed his boot from a tree.
Notes
Manuscript note on recto: Halleck.
Originally part of a McAllister, Hart, Phillips scrapbook.
Trimmed.
Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Subject
Halleck, H. W. (Henry Wager), 1815-1872 -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Generals -- United States.
Geographic subject
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Military personnel.
Genre
Cartes de visite -- 1860-1870.
Caricatures -- 1860-1870.
Reproductions -- 1860-1870.
Provenance
Hart, Charles Henry, 1847-1918, collector.
Phillips, Henry, 1838-1895, collector.
Provenance`
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| cdvs - misc. - Civil War - Caricatures and cartoons [(11)1540.F.7a]
Accession number
(11)1540.F.7a
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Civil War Photographs
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