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The Danites / W.J. Morgan & Co. lith., Cleveland, O. – Vintage Wall Art

The Danites / W.J. Morgan & Co. lith., Cleveland, O., [between 1860 and 1890(?)] — antique lithograph
The Danites / W.J. Morgan & Co. lith., Cleveland, O., [between 1860 and 1890(?)]. Antique lithograph from the Cleveland collection.

(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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The Danites / W.J. Morgan & Co. lith., Cleveland, O.

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Its subject headings pair the Danites, a secret enforcement group linked to early Mormonism, with marriage proposals, a combination that sets this Cleveland lithograph apart from other pictures of the group. Rumors of the Danites spread widely in anti-Mormon writing from the 1850s onward, and by the 1870s the name was shorthand for menace in popular print. W.J. Morgan & Co., the Cleveland firm that produced the sheet, made colored lithographs for a broad American market, and the courtship theme suggests the piece was meant as satire aimed at Mormon men and their families. The record dates the print only to a span between 1860 and 1890.

Created / published[between 1860 and 1890(?)]
Medium1 print : lithograph, color.
GenreLithographs Color 1860-1890.
SubjectsDanites (Mormon Church)--1860-1890. Marriage proposals--1860-1890.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,647 × 3,821 px · prints to 15 × 13 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-219839

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