| Creator |
Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886, lithographer. |
| Contributor |
Stephens, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1824-1882 artist. |
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Stephens, William A., publisher. |
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Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. |
| Title |
Our relations at home and abroad. |
| Publisher |
Philadelphia: Published by W. A. Stephens, |
| Date |
c1863. |
| Extent |
12 prints: chromolithographs; 11 x 7 cm.(4 x 2.5 in.) |
| Description |
Collection of twelve numbered and captioned comic cards satirizing the diplomatic relations between the United States, Confederate
States, Great Britain, France, and Mexico during the Civil War. First nine cards show the British "surly lion" giving a "generous
roar," (i.e., the recognition by Great Britain of the Confederacy); which "temporarily astonishes" the "Gallic Cock"; who
eventually overpowers the lion; who later weeps "is he not a bird and brother" for a crow, (i.e. a slave of the South) at
Exter Hall; "which he forgets in the embrace of the "Belligerent Wolf of the C.S.A." while stepping on the crow; which leads
to his "arming of the wolf"; while the Mexican vulture is garroted by the Gallic cock (i.e., French intervention in Mexico);
causing the lion to protect his rams with the introduction of the "Swamp Angel" and Greek fire,( i.e. the bombing of Charleston)
by the American eagle; which causes the "grand combat" between the eagle and the wolf. Last three cards predict "to consult
history" to see the Union victory of the eagle over the wolf; the eagle vindicating the Monroe Doctrine in Mexico by overthrowing
the Gallic cock; and the little child Liberty leading the supplicant British lion and Gallic cock.
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| Notes |
Stephen's album drolleries no. 1. |
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Attributed to James Queen after Henry Louis Stephens. |
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Title from accompanying wrapper. |
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Added to African Americana Digital Collection through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered
by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of the Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
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| Genre |
Collecting cards 1860-1870. |
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Comic cards 1860-1870. |
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Chromolithographs 1860-1870. |
| Subject |
African Americans -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Liberty. |
| Spatial coverage |
Confederate States of America--Symbolic representation. |
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France--Foreign relations---Great Britain. |
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France--Foreign relations---Mexico. |
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France--Foreign relations---United States. |
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France--Symbolic representation. |
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Great Britain--Symbolic representation. |
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Great Britain--Foreign relations---France. |
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Great Britain--Foreign relations---United States. |
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Mexico--Symbolic representation. |
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United States--Foreign relations---France. |
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United States--Foreign relations---Great Britain. |
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United States--Foreign relations---Mexico. |
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United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Diplomacy. |
| Is part of |
Civil War Collecting Cards |
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Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of humorous caricatures and photographs. |
| Call number |
Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. Henry Lewis Stephens Collection [5780.F.55a-l] |
| Accession number |
5780.F.55a-l |
