The true peace commissioners – Antique Wall Art
(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 lithograph captures The true peace commissioners in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Its title, *The true peace commissioners*, reads as a jab at the peace men of 1864, and the names in its record set the scene: Jefferson Davis and Robert E. Lee appear alongside Union commanders Ulysses S. Grant, William T. Sherman, Philip Sheridan and David Farragut. Published by Currier & Ives in New York that year, the lithograph is probably the work of John Cameron and ties into the Democratic National Convention held in Chicago in 1864, whose platform called for a negotiated peace with the Confederacy. Its argument that only military victory would bring peace was a common one in Northern political prints of the period.
| Created / published | N.Y. : Published by Currier & Ives, 1864. |
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| Medium | 1 print : lithograph on wove paper ; 25.1 x 36.8 cm. (image) |
| Genre | Lithographs 1860-1870.Political cartoons 1860-1870. |
| Notes | Probably drawn by John Cameron. Published by Currier & Ives, 152 Nassau St. N.Y. Title appears as it is written on the item. Gale, no. 6722. Weitenkampf, p. 142. Published in: American political prints, 1766-1876 / Bernard F. Reilly. Boston : G.K. Hall, 1991, entry 1864-6. |
| Subjects | Davis, Jefferson,--1808-1889. Farragut, David Glasgow,--1801-1870. Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson),--1822-1885. Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward),--1807-1870. Sheridan, Philip Henry,--1831-1888. Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh),--1820-1891. United States.--Navy--1860-1870. Democratic National Convention--(1864 :--Chicago, Ill.) Confederate States of America--1860-1870. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,055 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-163320 |
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