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Brewerton, George Douglas,
1820-1901.
53125
Cartes de visite satirizing the Civil War revenue systems
[graphic].
New York:
G.D. Brewerton,
c1864.
11 photographic prints:
10 albumen on carte de visite mount; 1 albumen
11 x 7 cm.(4 x 2.25 in.)
Includes one unmounted carte de viste.
Series of eleven satiric pieces with verse by sketch artist George D. Brewerton critical of the revenue systems instituted during the Civil War, particularly paper money. Satires depict montages and layouts of banknotes, coinage, and revenue stamps to mock the Revenue Act of 1862, which instituted revenue stamps, the National Banking Acts of 1863 and 1864, which promoted a national banking system; and the dubious value of Union and Confederate banknotes. Titles include The Almighty Dollar; A Chas[t]e Attempt; Modern Curiosities; A Public Nuisance; Our Bleeding Country's Infernal Revenue Stamps; The Southern Cross; Uncle Abe's Last Joke; and Very Hard Cash. Some montages also include portraits or caricatures of Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis, and U.S. Treasury Secretary Salmon P. Chase.
Originally part of McAllister scrapbooks of materials related to Abraham Lincoln and humorous caricatures and photographs.
Created postfreeze.
Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Chase, Salmon P.
(Salmon Portland),
1808-1873
Caricatures and cartoons.
Davis, Jefferson,
1808-1889
Caricatures and cartoons.
Lincoln, Abraham,
1809-1865
Caricatures and cartoons.
National bank notes
United States.
Coins
American
United States.
Revenue stamps
United States.
79209
Bank notes
Confederates States of America.
United States
History
Civil War, 1861-1865
Economic & industrial aspects.
Albumen prints
1860-1870.
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Cartes de visite
1860-1870.
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Satires (Visual works)
1860-1870.
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Provenance:
McAllister, John A.
(John Allister),
1822-1896,
collector.
Imprint:
N.Y. New York.
1864.
P.2282.47; 5780.F. 54a & c-e; 56q & s; 5792.F.1b; 4h & i; 5795.F.97g
Library Company of Philadelphia
Print Dept.
cdv - miscellaneous - Civil War - Caricatures & cartoons - Brewerton [P.2282.47; 5780.F. 54a & c-e; 56q & s; 5792.F.1b; 4h & i; 5795.F.97g]
LCPD
cdv - miscellaneous - Civil War - Caricatures & cartoons - Brewerton [P.2282.47; 5780.F. 54a & c-e; 56q & s; 5792.F.1b; 4h & i; 5795.F.97g
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N.Y. New York.
1864.
Imprint:
McAllister, John A.
1822-1896,
collector.