Candidates from the exempt brigade – Antique Print
(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.)
Description
This rare antique lithograph captures Candidates from the exempt brigade in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Candidates from the exempt brigade
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The title, *Candidates from the exempt brigade*, points to men who avoided military service, and the catalog subjects of army, draft, farming and Fort Lafayette suggest the cartoon ties that avoidance to agricultural work and to the fort in New York Harbor, which held political prisoners during the Civil War. William E. S. Trowbridge drew the design, and the Library of Congress received its copyright deposit in late August 1862, when the Union was still building its manpower and debating who should be liable for service. Read today, the print offers a sharp view of how wartime partisans argued over fairness in the draft.
| Created / published | 1862 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph on wove paper ; 34.7 x 41.7 cm. (image) |
| Genre | Lithographs 1860-1870.Political cartoons 1860-1870. |
| Notes | Entered . . . 1862, by Wm. E.S. Trowbridge . . . Southern District of New York. The Library's impression of the print was deposited for copyright on August 27, 1862. Title appears as it is written on the item. Wm. E.S. Trowbridge, del. 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 1862-6. |
| Subjects | United States.--Army--1860-1870. Draft--1860-1870. Farming--1860-1870. Fort Lafayette (N.Y.)--1860-1870. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,219 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-111260 |
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