Contributor |
Bispham, Henry Collins, 1841-1882, artist. |
Title |
Cartes de visite reproductions of Civil War era sketches by H.C. Bispham [graphic] / H.C. Bispham |
Publisher |
[Philadelphia] : [publisher not identified] |
Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1863 |
Date |
[ca. 1863] |
Physical Description |
15 photographs : albumen on card mounts ; mount 11 x 7 cm (4 x 2.5 in.) (carte de visite format) |
Description |
Collection of fifteen cartes de visite of sentimental, satiric, and racist Civil War era scenes, predominately depicting white
men soldiers, by Philadelphia artist Henry Collins Bispham. Includes scenes of soldiers flushing out a sharpshooter, engaged
in battle, wielding a knife, being thwarted from stealing a chicken and honey, dozing on watch, and confronted on horseback
by a growling dog, as well as contrasting views of a Union and Confederate amputee soldier returning home. Racist caricatures
show an ape walking with a cane, Lincoln spoon feeding a white man soldier the "Black Draft," and a downtrodden Southern white
woman on the defense with an enslaved African American man on crutches and an African American boy. Other images show Abraham
Lincoln as a dog confronting opossum Jefferson Davis on a tree and an itinerant white man musician with a monkey and dog.
One scene includes a zouave.
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Notes |
Two of the images signed by artist. |
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Thirteen of the images attributed to Bispham. |
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Created postfreeze. |
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Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of humorous caricatures and photographs. McAllister Collection, gift, 1886. |
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RVCDC |
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Description revised 2021. |
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Access points revised 2021. |
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Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War. |
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Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the
Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom
Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
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Subject |
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889 -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
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African American boys -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
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African American men -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
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African Americans -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
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Artificial limbs. |
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Amputees -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Disabled veterans -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Homecomings -- United States. |
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Human-animal relationships. |
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Racism in popular culture. |
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Enslaved persons -- United States. |
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Soldiers -- United States. |
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Veterans -- United States. |
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Women -- Confederate States of America. |
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Enslaved boys -- United States. |
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Enslaved men -- United States. |
Geographic subject |
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Military life. |
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Military personnel. |
Genre |
Albumen prints -- 1860-1870. |
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Cartes de viste -- 1860-1870. |
Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| cdv - miscellaneous - Civil War - Caricatures & cartoons - Bispham [5780.F.51 a, d, & h; 52a, l, p & q, u & v; 53 a,c, l&m,
o&p]
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Accession number |
5780.F.51a, d, & h; 52a, l, p & q, u & v; 53 a,c, l & m, o & p |