The folly of secession – 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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The folly of secession comes to life in this antique lithograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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This 1861 Currier & Ives lithograph ties President James Buchanan to South Carolina Governor F. W. Pickens and Georgia's Robert Toombs, and it also points to Fort Pulaski at the mouth of the Savannah River. Georgia state forces seized the fort in January 1861, weeks before Buchanan left office, and Toombs was among the most vocal advocates for leaving the Union. New York publishers such as Currier & Ives issued many cartoons on the secession crisis, and this one presents the movement as a costly miscalculation, a message that would have resonated with Northern readers uneasy about where the states were heading.
| Created / published | New York : Published by Currier & Ives, 1861. |
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| Medium | 1 print : lithograph on wove paper ; 27.8 x 38 cm. (image) |
| Genre | Lithographs 1860-1870.Political cartoons 1860-1870. |
| Notes | Published by Currier & Ives, New York. Title appears as it is written on the item. Gale, no. 2256. Weitenkampf, p. 128. Published in: American political prints, 1766-1876 / Bernard F. Reilly. Boston : G.K. Hall, 1991, entry 1861-5. |
| Subjects | Buchanan, James,--1791-1868. Pickens, F. W. (Francis Wilkinson),--1805-1869. Toombs, Robert Augustus,--1810-1885. Criticism--1860-1870. Secession--Georgia--1860-1870. Secession--South Carolina--1860-1870. Fort Pulaski (Ga.)--1860-1870. Savannah (Ga.)--1860-1870. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,059 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-163323 |
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