Political caricature. No. 2, Miscegenation or the millennium of abolitionism – Vintage Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Political caricature. No. 2, Miscegenation or the millennium of abolitionism comes to life in this antique lithograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Political caricature. No. 2, Miscegenation or the millennium of abolitionism
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Its title, *Miscegenation or the millennium of abolitionism*, announces the target before the viewer reaches the figures. The record names Henry Ward Beecher, Horace Greeley, Abraham Lincoln, and Charles Sumner among its subjects, placing leading abolitionists and Republicans side by side in one satire. It appeared during the 1864 presidential campaign, when Democrats used the word "miscegenation" in a widely circulated pamphlet to suggest that Republicans favored racial mixing. Prints like this one show how the election turned on fears about emancipation and race.
| Created / published | 1864 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph on wove paper ; 35.8 x 51.6 cm. (image) |
| Genre | Satires (Visual works) 1860-1870. |
| Notes | Entered . . . 1864 by Bromly & Co. . . . New York. Title appears as it is written on the item. Weitenkampf, p. 141-142. Forms part of: American cartoon print filing series (Library of Congress) Published in: American political prints, 1766-1876 / Bernard F. Reilly. Boston : G.K. Hall, 1991, entry 1864-38. |
| Subjects | Beecher, Henry Ward,--1813-1887. Greeley, Horace,--1811-1872. Lincoln, Abraham,--1809-1865. Sumner, Charles,--1811-1874. African Americans--1860-1870. Abolition movement--1860-1870. Interracial marriage--1860-1870. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,055 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-111306 |
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