Reproduction of drawing showing the auxiliary buildings of the church constructed between 1855 and 1859 after the designs of Philadelphia architect John Notman at 2000-2030 Cherry Street., Publisher's imprint on verso of P.2005.27., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia.
Creator
McAllister & Brother
Date
[1863]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv - McAllister & Bro. - Religion [(4)1322.F.81c; P.2005.2.7]
Photographic reproduction of a drawing showing Union Commander in Chief George McClellan, as an anaconda with its tail being pulled by a hand through a hole in a box. Refers to the unadopted Anaconda Plan initally proposed in 1861 by then Commander in Chief Winfield Scott and later interpreted by McClellan who became primarily associated with it. Plan involved blockades of Southern ports, a thrust down the Misssippi Valley, and a line of Federal strongholds., Publisher's imprint with advertising text printed on verso., Manuscript note on verso: George B. McClellan., Probably originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Series of six cartes-de-visite size engravings of portraits and scenes from the February 10, 1863 New York City marriage of P.T. Barnum's Little People entertainers Charles Stratton, known as Tom Thumb, and Lavinia Warren. Includes: the ceremony; the couple; the attendants, fellow Little People entertainers Commodore Nutt, and Lavinia's sister, Minnie Warren; the "Reception"; the following morning "At Home" with the seated couple attended by an African American man servant, attired in a white collared shirt, a black bowtie, a gray waistcoat, and a black suit jacket and pants, who carries a tray; and a "Promenade" down Broadway. The wedding, paid for and heavily promoted by Barnum, attracted the social and political elite of New York., Title from series title., Date inferred from content., Series numbers and captions handwritten on verso., Manuscript note on recto of five of the series: Mr. & Mrs. Stratton., Possibly after Mathew B. Brady., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of portraits. McAllister Collection, gift, 1886., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., 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.
Date
[ca. 1863]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv portraits - sitter - Thumb [5750.F.59a-e;(2)5750.F.169f]
Reproduction of a drawing showing a young widow, in mourning attire, crying over a piano in a parlor. A portrait of her deceased soldier husband hangs in the background., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of humorous caricatures and photographs., Created postfreeze.
Creator
Monroe, N.
Date
c1868
Location
Library Company of Philadephia | Print Department cdv - miscellaneous - Civil War - Caricatures & cartoons [5780.F.53j]
Reproduction of a drawing showing a bust-length portrait of the allegorical female figure of Liberty. She wears a gold crown, a necklace with a large medallion stamped "U.S.," and the American flag as a shawl., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of humorous caricatures and photographs., Created postfreeze.
Creator
Horton, Henry W.
Date
c1863
Location
Library Company of Philadephia | Print Department cdv - miscellaneous - Civil War - Caricatures & cartoons [5780.F.52b]
Photographic reproduction of a caricature of Philadelphia actor Edwin Forrest in the character of Macbeth. Shows the actor in a Scotch cap and holding a shield., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Date
[1861]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv - misc. - Civil War - Caricatures and cartoons [(1)5750.F.157e]
Photographic reproduction of a caricature of the New Jersey Quaker, founder of the New Jersey Horticultural Society, and developer of Miami Beach, Florida., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of portraits., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Date
[ca. 1865]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv - misc. - Caricatures and cartoons - C [(1)5750.F.98d]
Photographic reproduction of a caricature showing the face of dictator Napoleon III comprised of human figures and a cannon. Depiction alludes to the failing Mexican empire established by Napoleon III in 1864 under the reign of Emperor Maxmilian, former Austrian archduke Ferdinand Maxmilian. Includes text in French below the image., Title from manuscript note on mount., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of a collection of portraits., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Date
[ca. 1865]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv - misc. - Caricatures and cartoons [(3)5750.F.160b]
Photographic reproduction of a caricature by William J. Gladding, Jr. of actor Edwin Booth in the character of Hamlet. Booth portrayed the character for 100 consecutive nights between November 26, 1864, and March 22, 1865, Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of portraits., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Date
[ca. 1865]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv - misc. - Caricatures and cartoons - B [(1)5750.F.49i]
Photographic reproduction of a caricature by William J. Gladding, Jr. of minstrel performer Billy Morris. Shows Morris at the bridles of a horse-drawn buggy followed by the grim reaper., Name of artist from duplicate in the collections of the University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of portraits., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Date
[ca. 1865]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv - misc. - Caricatures and cartoons - M [(2)5750.F.146c]
Reproduction of a caricature of William Cullen Bryant, editor and part owner of the Republican, reformist newspaper, the New York Evening Post. Shows Bryant riding a horse saddled with an edition of the Post., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of portraits., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Date
[ca. 1865]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv - unidentified - Caricatures and cartoons [(1)5750.F.60 1/2b]
Photographic reproduction of a caricature of New York newspaper publishers Horace Greeley of the Tribune, James Gordon Bennett of the Herald, and George Jones of the N.Y. Times. Shows the three men standing next to each other on a mound while holding a copy of their respective newspapers., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of portraits., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil WAr.
Creator
J. Hall & Co.
Date
c1863
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv - misc. - Civil War - Hall - Caricatures and cartoons [(3)5750.F.174c]
Photographic reproduction of a caricature showing dictators Napoleon I and Napoleon III standing side by side beneath a Phoenix., Title from manuscript note on mount., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of portraits., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Date
[ca. 1860]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv - misc. - Caricatures and cartoons [(3)5750.F.160a]
Photographic reproduction of a caricature of James Gordon Bennett, publisher of the newspaper, The New York Herald. Shows Bennett with an umbrella under his arm, his hat at his feet, and an edition of his newspaper in hand., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of portraits.
Creator
E. & H.T. Anthony (Firm)
Date
[ca. 1863]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv - misc. - Civil War - Anthony - Caricatures and cartoons [(1)5750.F.36d]
Reproduction of a caricature of Horace Greeley, publisher of the newspaper, The New York Tribune. Shows Greeley as a hobo carrying a bundle on a stick inscribed "New York Tribune. H. Greeley."., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of a collection of portraits., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Date
[ca. 1865]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv - misc. - Civil War - Caricatures and cartoons [(1)5750.F.194c]
Photographic reproduction of a caricature showing Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederate States, with the body of a guerilla., Unmounted carte de visite., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Jefferson Davis and Confederate material., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Date
[ca. 1863]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv - misc. - Civil War - Caricatures and cartoons [5795.F.13e]
Shows Davis on a coast in front of a fleet of ships labeled "200 Chinese fleet" sailing toward a Chinese pagoda labeled "Richmond" in the background., Title supplied by cataloguer., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Jefferson Davis and Confederate material., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Date
[ca. 1863]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv - misc. - Civil War - Caricatures and cartoons [5795.F.7d]
Photographic reproduction of a caricature showing George McClellan holding a valise labeled "Strategy" using the knocker of a door labeled "White House" and "1865." James Gordon Bennett, publisher of the New York Herald, attired as a Scotsman and holding a valise labeled "N.Y. Herald" accompanies the former commander-in-chief of the U.S. Army. The New York Herald published several stories critical of Lincoln's management of the war., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of materials related to George B. McClellan., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator
J. Hall & Co.
Date
c1863
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv - misc. - Civil War - Hall - Caricatures and cartoons [5793.F.24f; P.2006.1.23
Photographic reproduction of a caricature showing George McClellan holding a valise labeled "Strategy" using the knocker of a door labeled "White House" and "1865." James Gordon Bennett, publisher of the New York Herald, attired as a Scotsman and holding a valise labeled "N.Y. Herald" accompanies the former commander-in-chief of the U.S. Army. The New York Herald published several stories critical of Lincoln's management of the war., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of materials related to George B. McClellan., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator
J. Hall & Co.
Date
c1863
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv - misc. - Civil War - Hall - Caricatures and cartoons [5793.F.24f; P.2006.1.23
Photographic reproduction of a caricature showing a rotund man, turned away from a full length mirror and aghast at a mouse scurrying down a pole resting on the rung of a rolling ladder., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of materials related to George McClellan., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Date
[ca. 1863]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv - misc. - Civil War - Caricatures and cartoons [5793.F.24d]
Photographic reproduction of a racist and anti-abolition caricature of Abraham Lincoln showing Lincoln as a banjo playing Southerner with a copy of the Emancipation Proclamation in his pocket., Title from item., Date inferred from content., Originally part of McAllister scrapbook of materials related to Abraham Lincoln. McAllister Collection, gift, 1886., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War., 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 the Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Date
[ca. 1863]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv - misc. - Civil War - Caricatures and cartoons [5792.F.4f]
Shows Lincoln attired in a black dress and bonnet reading a "Draft" paper with a magnifying glass., Originally part of McAllister scrapbook of materials related to Abraham Lincoln., Also used as vignette in cartoon titled "Our Bleeding Country's Infernal Revenue Stamps." [5792.F.4i], Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Date
[ca. 1864]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv - miscellaneous - Civil War - Brewerton - Caricatures and cartoons [5792.F.4c]
Photographic reproduction of a racist woodcut caricature showing Abraham Lincoln wearing a naked African American shaped as a stovepipe hat. Contains photographic reproduction of several lines of verse in English and German on verso: A goodly difference does exist; Among the party that did call; There is among them many a [one?]; Conservative and true at heart; But there are others [who insist?]; The white man's freedom would deny; To place them on an equal footing; No matter what the cost may be; Something is for the negro done; The negro on the brain., Title from item., Date inferred from content., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of materials related to Abraham Lincoln. McAllister Collection, gift, 1886., RVCDC, Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War., 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 the Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Date
[ca. 1863]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv - misc. - Civil War - Caricatures and cartoons [5792.F.1a]
Photographic reproduction of a memorial print showing a cross resting on a base of rocks inscribed with the names of the states. Two hanging black banners flank the cross. Cross adorned with a shield labeled "Pro Patrie.", Unmounted carte de visite., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of materials related to Abraham Lincoln.
Date
[1865]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv - misc. - Civil War - Genre & sentimental [5792.F.97e]
Photographic reproduction of a caricature of the Union General known as "Fighting Joe" Hooker. Shows Hooker as a pugilist., Title from manuscript note on mount: Jos. Hooker., Originally part of a McAllister, Hart, Phillips Civil War scrapbook., Trimmed., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Date
[ca. 1863]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv - misc. - Civil War - Caricatures and cartoons [(11)1540.F.7c]
Photographic reproduction of a caricature of William Seward, the Secretary of State under Abraham Lincoln. Shows Seward with a vest and coat, wings, and a toga skirt. He holds a sword. Also includes a caricature of Napoleon III in "Mexico" in the background. Seward threatened American intervention against the puppet government installed in Mexico by France in 1864., Originally part of a McAllister, Hart, Phillips Civil War scrapbook., Trimmed., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Date
[ca. 1863]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv - misc. - Civil War - Caricatures and cartoons [(11)1540.F.18b]
Photographic reproduction of a caricature of John Albion Andrew. Shows the rotund governor skipping. Andrew organized the first African American Civil War regiment., Originally part of a McAllister, Hart, Phillips Civil War scrapbook., Trimmed., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Date
[ca. 1863]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv - misc. - Civil War - Caricatures and cartoons [(11)1540.F.2a]
Photographic reproduction of a caricature depicting General George Meade pointing a gun at a Confederate general, depicted as a snake. The men stand near a sign labeled "To Richmond.", Originally part of a McAllister, Hart, Phillips scrapbook., Trimmed., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Date
[ca. 1864]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdvs - misc. - Civil War - Caricatures and cartoons [(11)1540.F.11f]
Exterior views of the first permanent First City Troop armory erected in 1863 at 21st and Ludlow streets below Market Street. Also shows four men, including a policeman, standing near the entranceway of the building. Armory was rebuilt in 1874. The First City Troop, a private military organization and one of the oldest continually mounted U.S. military units, was organized in 1774 to defend against British invasion., Title supplied by cataloguer., Stereograph on yellow mount with square corners., Created postfreeze., Two of the images originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of materials related to the Cooper and Union Shop Volunteer Saloons and Hospitals., Stereograph inscribed with misidentification: Cooper Shop?, One of the images [5778.F.27f] reproduced in The Print and Photograph Department of the Library Company of Philadelphia's Center City Philadelphia in the 19th century (Portsmouth, N.H.: Arcadia Publishing, 2006), p. 88., Arcadia caption text: Founded in 1774 to defend the American colonies and still in existence today as the oldest mounted military unit in continuous service in the United States Armed Forces, the First Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry has participated both in combat and at ceremonial occasions. In 1863 the First City Troop erected its first permanent armory, shown here on Twenty-First and Ludlow streets, for $19,000. The Troop quickly outgrew this modest two-story brick structure with its riding hall in the rear, and enlarged and altered the building as part of its centennial celebration in 1874. In 1901 the Troop moved to its present armory on South Twenty-Third Street., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
ca. 1864
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Military [5778.F.27e], Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv - unidentified - Military [P.2282.37], Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - unidentified - Military [5778.F.27f]
Photographic reproduction of a caricature satirizing German-American involvement during the Civil War showing German-born military commander Franz Sigel. Shows Sigel with the body of a beer stein astride a charging horse depicted as a "Lager Beer" keg. Also shows soldiers depicted as beer mugs running beside Sigel., Probably originally part of a McAllister scrapbook.
Date
[ca. 1862]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdvs - misc. - Civil War - Caricatures and cartoons [P.2282.49]
Photographic reproduction of a caricature of Philadelphia Peace Democrat and lawyer William B. Reed depicted as a snake in the grass. Reed, chastised as a traitor, was an outspoken critic of the Lincoln administration who promoted recognition of the Confederacy as the means to peace., Probably originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., 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 [P.2282.48; (11)1540.F.15d]
Photographic reproduction of a caricature of Philadelphia Peace Democrat and lawyer William B. Reed depicted as a snake in the grass. Reed, chastised as a traitor, was an outspoken critic of the Lincoln administration who promoted recognition of the Confederacy as the means to peace., Probably originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., 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 [P.2282.48; (11)1540.F.15d]
Photographic reproduction of a caricature depicting Jefferson Davis and prominent Peace Democrats, i.e. copperheads, as a nest of snakes in the grass. Includes Davis, Charles Ingersoll, William B. Reed, James Buchanan, Fernando Wood, Rev. John Chambers, Clement L. Vallandingham, and Rev. Wilmer, possibly chaplain to Confederate soldiers George T. Wilmer., Sitters identified by manuscript note on verso., One of the images probably originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., One of the images originally part of a McAllister, Hart, Phillips scrapbook., 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 [P.9758.4; (11)1540.F.3c]
Photographic reproduction of a caricature showing a crying boy as a visual metaphor for the North, i.e. the United States. Shows the boy attired in a smock adorned with the American shield holding a map showing the United States and Confederate States divided by secession. Also shows a toy castle and a cannon behind the child., One of two companion cartes de visite titled "North" and "South." LCP holds "South." [5780.F.52e], Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of humorous caricatures and photographs., Created postfreeze., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Date
[ca. 1863]
Location
Library Company of Philadephia | Print Department cdv - miscellaneous - Civil War - Caricatures & cartoons [5780.F.52r]
Photographic reproduction of a caricature of Union General Ambrose Burnside. Shows the general as a baby Hercules declaring "Order 38. No nonsense allowed in my department" as he strongholds a clutch of "Copperhead" snakes, i.e. Peace Democrats and a serpent with the face of a man, probably prominent Ohio Peace Democrat, Clement Vallandingham. Order no. 38, which forbade the declaration of sympathy for the enemy, was issued in April 1863 while Burnside was Commander in the Department of Ohio., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of humorous caricatures and photographs., Created postfreeze., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Date
[ca. 1863]
Location
Library Company of Philadephia | Print Department cdv - miscellaneous - Civil War - Caricatures & cartoons [5780.F.58e]
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., Includes one unmounted carte de viste., 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.
Creator
Brewerton, George Douglas, 1820-1901
Date
c1864
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 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]
Reproduction of a drawing showing the marsh battery built in August 1863 at Morris Island, S.C. under the orders of General Q.A.Gillmore. The battery,comprised of 13,000 sandbags surrounding a parrott cannon on a parapet, was used to fire onto Charleston, S.C. in order to gain control of the Charleston Harbor., Photographer's imprint printed on verso., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of humorous caricatures and photographs., Created postfreeze.
Creator
Lape, G.T, photographer
Date
[ca. 1863]
Location
Library Company of Philadephia | Print Department cdv - miscellaneous - Civil War - Caricatures & cartoons [5780.F.54b]
Reproduction of an allegorical drawing depicting a tombstone inscribed "Hic Jacet Secesh" to represent the death of the South from Secession. Shows a black drape partially covering the tombstone and objects symbolizing the South, including a straw hat, hoe, corn cob, and dime novel, "the Pretty Milkmaid," laid around it., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of humorous caricatures and photographs., Created postfreeze.
Date
c1862
Location
Library Company of Philadephia | Print Department cdv - miscellaneous - Civil War - Caricatures & cartoons [5780.F.52s]
Reproduction of an allegorical print showing the American flag waving among storm clouds., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of humorous caricatures and photographs., Created postfreeze.
Date
c1865
Location
Library Company of Philadephia | Print Department cdv - miscellaneous - Civil War - Genre & sentimental [5780.F.52f]
Reproduction of a Thomas Nast drawing showing an "Uncle Sam" figure providing strategy to a Civil War general and his soldiers in camp. The general sits on a crate and takes notes, surrounded by his soldiers, in front of a tent., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of humorous caricatures and photographs., Created postfreeze., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Date
[ca. 1863]
Location
Library Company of Philadephia | Print Department cdv - miscellaneous - Civil War - Caricatures & cartoons [5780.F.53f]
Reproduction of a caricature of a Zoauve from the New York regiment. Shows the soldier with an abnormally long neck, running, with his rifle on his shoulder., Photographer's imprint stamped on mount., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of humorous caricatures and photographs., Created postfreeze., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator
J. Gurney & Son
Date
c1863
Location
Library Company of Philadephia | Print Department cdv - miscellaneous - Civil War - Gurney - Caricatures & cartoons [5780.F.52j]
Reproduction of a caricature showing a soldier dining with a young lady attired in an absurd hat. The soldier sips from a straw and looks sheepishly at his dining partner., Photographer's imprint stamped on mount., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of humorous caricatures and photographs., Created postfreeze., See related print: political cartoons - 1863 Hom [5780.F.d].
Creator
J. Gurney & Son
Date
c1863
Location
Library Company of Philadephia | Print Department cdv - miscellaneous - Civil War - Gurney - Caricatures & cartoons [5780.F.51r]
Reproduction of a caricature showing a Light Guard depicted as a mannequin attired in a uniform. The light-weight soldier stands in front of broadsides advertising the "roll of honor Engagements of the Light Guard" and "Academy of Music Ball.", Photographer's imprint stamped on mount., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of humorous caricatures and photographs., Created postfreeze., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator
J. Gurney & Son
Date
c1863
Location
Library Company of Philadephia | Print Department cdv - miscellaneous - Civil War - Gurney - Caricatures & cartoons [5780.F.51q]
Photographic reproduction of order issued after the state government closed the city of Baltimore to traffic following the Baltimore Riot. Order allows the passage of a party including P. H. Birkland, Mrs. [Steinbrenner?], and J. Meredith Dryden through a port, York, Pa. or "therewise as they see fit.", Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War Views, Places, and Events., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Date
[ca. 1861]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv - misc. - Civil War [5779.F.8x]
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]
Reproduction of a drawing showing a Zouave and infantryman drinking a beer together., Publisher's imprint stamped on mount., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of humorous caricatures and photographs., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator
J. Gurney & Son
Date
c1863
Location
Library Company of Philadephia | Print Department cdv - misc. - Civil War - Gurney - Caricatures & cartoons [5780.F.53k]
Cartoon satirizing the imprisonment at Fort Monroe, Va. of Confederate president Jefferson Davis, detained by Union cavalry troops on May 10, 1865, while wearing his wife's overcoat and shawl as a disguise. Shows an African American soldier escorting Davis to a cell door at the "Hotel De Monroe." In front of the door a noose hangs. Davis, attired in a bonnet, shawl, and overcoat, holds a money bag labeled "JD. CSA" (an allusion to Davis's confiscation of the remaining Confederate treasury). The soldier holds a bayonet to which a skirt hoop is attached and speaks in the vernacular "Hi dar! Show dis ole lady a room..." In the background, a smiling sun, an African American soldier, and a ship sailing the bay are visible. Davis was imprisoned at Fort Monroe between 1865 and 1867., Title from item., Date from copyright statement: Ent'd according to act of Congress, in the year 1865, by J. Chapman in the Clerk's Office of the District Court, for the Southern District of New York., Purchase 2004., RVCDC, Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War., 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 the Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Date
1865
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv - misc. - Civil War - Caricatures and cartoons [P.2004.6.2]
Caricature of New York mayor and Peace Democrat (i.e. Copperhead) Fernando Wood. Shows Wood with devil wings and horns, seated on a rock, with a snake labeled "Copperhead" wrapped around his ankle., Publisher's imprint with logo printed on verso., The Anthony firm, established in 1859, operated as a partnership from 501 Broadway between 1863 and 1871.
Creator
E. & H.T. Anthony (Firm)
Date
[ca. 1863]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv - miscellaneous - Civil War - Anthony - Caricatures & cartoons [P.9758.7]