Grand National Union Banner For 1864 – Antique Print
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Step back in time with Grand National Union Banner For 1864, an antique lithograph rich in period detail. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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Grand National Union Banner For 1864
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Few campaign prints from the 1864 election combine as many patriotic symbols as this lithograph from Currier & Ives. Beneath a drawn curtain, bust portraits of Abraham Lincoln and his running mate Andrew Johnson, the Republican ticket, sit in oval frames wrapped in oak leaves. Above them rises a Temple of Liberty topped by an eagle, with a female figure holding a liberty cap and four American flags flanking the structure. The print was a product of a busy wartime market, when lithographers turned out inexpensive images that voters could hang in parlors and at party rallies.
| Created / published | c. 1864 |
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| Medium | print on wove paper, lithograph with watercolor, image 32.2 x 22.4 cm. |
| Notes | Liberty, Union And Victory. Currier & Ives, New York. SUMMARY: Print shows a campaign banner for 1864 Republican presidential candidate Abraham Lincoln and running mate Andrew Johnson. A drawn curtain reveals bust portraits of the two candidates in roundels framed in oak leaves. Above the portraits is a "Temple of Liberty," within which stands a female figure holding a staff and liberty cap. Four American flags flank the temple. Perched on the temple's dome is an eagle with spread wings holding a banderole in his mouth and arrows in his talons. Rays of light ending in stars emanate from the temple. A vignette below the portraits shows a man plowing with a team of horses in front of farm buildings. The peace and prosperity to come with Lincoln's reelection, evoked by this bucolic scene, are emphasized by cornucopias on either side spilling over with fruit |
| Original scan | 3,972 × 5,434 px · prints to 13 × 18 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | L-E-5 |
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