Details
Creator Beard, Frank, 1842-1905 lithographer.
Contributor McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector.
Vent, Starr & Co., publisher.
Title Why dont you take it? [graphic] / Friz del.
Publisher Cincinnati: Vent, Starr & Co., No. 6 West 4th Street
Publisher OH. Cincinnati. 1861
Date c1861
Physical Description 1 print: lithograph; 26 x 40 cm.(10.25 x 16 in.)
Description Cartoon promoting the existence of a Union stronghold to defend against a Confederate seizure of Washington, D.C. Depicts General Winfield Scott as the bulldog, "Old General U.S.," protecting the cut of meat, "Washington Prime Beef," from the snarling, retreating greyhound "Jeff" (Confederate President Jefferson Davis). Davis, wearing a Confederate flag and broad-brimmed hat, slinks back to his side where a bale of cotton and animal skull lie, a coiled snake hisses, and a palmetto tree stands. Scott sits guard in front of several money bags, a cannon, American flag, and barrels of beans, beef, and "Mess Pork."
Is referenced by Weitenkampf p. 131.
Reilly 1861-26.
See Murrell, p. 221.
Notes Copyrighted by F.T.B. [Frank T. Beard?]
Name of artist supplied by Weitenkampf.
One of four variant designs that was also used on Civil War patriotic envelopes.
Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Originally part of a McAllister Civil War scrapbook of Sumter and Anderson, Scott, Brownlow.
Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Subject Scott, Winfield, 1786-1866,
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889 -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Dogs.
Geographic subject United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Economic & industrial aspects.
Genre Political cartoons -- 1860-1870.
Lithographs -- 1860-1870.
Printer Vent, Starr & Co., publisher.
Provenance McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| political cartoons - 1861-26 [5794.F.c]
Accession number 5794.F.c