Photographic reproduction of a caricature of the Civil War Commander-in-Chief Henry Wager Halleck (1862-1864) that alludes to the "Bombastes" character in the 1810 opera "Bombastes Furioso." Shows Halleck wearing boots with huge spurs and holding a sword and pointing a finger at a boot marked "Commander in Chief" hanging from a tree. The opera character threatened death to anyone who removed his boot from a tree., Manuscript note on recto: Halleck., Originally part of a McAllister, Hart, Phillips scrapbook., Trimmed., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Date
[ca. 1863]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdvs - misc. - Civil War - Caricatures and cartoons [(11)1540.F.7a]
