The apple of discord at the Geneva tribunal / Th. Nast. – Antique Wall Art
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(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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This rare antique engraving captures The apple of discord at the Geneva tribunal / Th. Nast. in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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The apple of discord at the Geneva tribunal / Th. Nast.
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Thomas Nast turns the apple into a political joke in this Harper's Weekly cartoon from October 5, 1872, titled "The apple of discord at the Geneva tribunal." It borrows the legend of William Tell, whose arrow split an apple on his son's head. The apple stands for the Alabama claims, the American grievance that Britain had not kept its neutrality during the Civil War, when Confederate raiders such as the *Alabama* were built or fitted out in British ports. The arbitration panel met at Geneva that year, and its award to the United States had been announced only weeks before this drawing appeared.
| Created / published | [published 1872] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 2 prints (1 sheet) : wood engraving. |
| Genre | Editorial cartoons 1870-1880.Wood engravings 1870-1880. |
| Notes | Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1872 Oct. 5, p. 769. |
| Subjects | Tell, Wilhelm. Alabama claims. Neutrality--United States--1870-1880. International relations--1870-1880. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,666 × 2,512 px · prints to 12 × 8 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-181129 |
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