Congressional surgery. Legislative quackery – Vintage Print
![Congressional surgery. Legislative quackery, [1860 or 1861] — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/0c/0c396662e37f-L.webp)
(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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A window into the past: Congressional surgery. Legislative quackery, preserved in this antique lithograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Congressional surgery. Legislative quackery
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Thaddeus Stevens, the Pennsylvania Republican, is the figure at the center of this 1860 lithograph, which casts his congressional work as a doctor's operation. Its title, "Congressional surgery. Legislative quackery," treats the House's proposed fixes for the sectional crisis as a bad cure. The print, signed "A. Del.," belongs to a wave of political cartoons from the months before the Civil War, when debate over slavery and constitutional amendments dominated Washington. Stevens was among the most outspoken opponents of slavery in the House, which made him a frequent target for cartoonists on both sides of the question.
| Created / published | [1860 or 1861] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph on wove paper ; 25 x 21 cm. (sheet, trimmed to image) |
| Genre | Lithographs 1860.Political cartoons 1860. |
| Notes | Signed: A. Del. Title appears as t is written on the item. 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 1860-44. |
| Subjects | Stevens, Thaddeus,--1792-1868. United States.--Congress--1860. African Americans--1860. Constitutional amendments--1860. Slavery--United States--1860. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,174 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-160984 |
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