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It's no use knocking at the door. [graphic].
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Creator
J. Hall & Co.
Contributor
McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector.
Title
It's no use knocking at the door. [graphic].
Publisher
New York: J. Hall & Co
Publisher
N.Y. New York. 1863
Date
c1863
Physical Description
2 photographic prints: albumen on carte de visite mount; 10 x 6 cm.(4 x 2.5 in.)
Description
Photographic reproduction of a caricature showing George McClellan holding a valise labeled "Strategy" using the knocker of a door labeled "White House" and "1865." James Gordon Bennett, publisher of the New York Herald, attired as a Scotsman and holding a valise labeled "N.Y. Herald" accompanies the former commander-in-chief of the U.S. Army. The New York Herald published several stories critical of Lincoln's management of the war.
Notes
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of materials related to George B. McClellan.
Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Subject
Bennett, James Gordon, 1795-1872 -- Caricatures and cartoons.
McClellan, George Brinton, 1826-1885 -- Caricatures and cartoons.
New York herald.
Geographic subject
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
Genre
Reproductions -- 1860-1870.
Cartes de visite -- 1860-1870.
Caricatures -- 1860-1870.
Provenance
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| cdv - misc. - Civil War - Hall - Caricatures and cartoons [5793.F.24f; P.2006.1.23
Accession number
5793.F.24f
P.2006.1.23
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