Secession exploded – Historic Print
![Secession exploded, Cincinnati : [s.n.], 1861. — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/85/852a74ca6518-L.webp)
(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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Step back in time with Secession exploded, an antique lithograph rich in period 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, *Secession exploded*, and the presence of John Bell among its subjects set this 1861 Cincinnati lithograph apart from many cartoons of that year. Bell, the Tennessee statesman who ran for president in 1860 on the Constitutional Union ticket, had urged compromise as Southern states left the Union after Abraham Lincoln's election. Entered for copyright in June 1861, weeks after the attack on Fort Sumter, the print reflects the Unionist feeling strong in Ohio and the border states, and its listed subjects, from Georgia and Louisiana to Kentucky and Baltimore, show how the crisis was seen spreading across the country.
| Created / published | Cincinnati : [s.n.], 1861. |
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| Medium | 1 print : lithograph on wove paper ; 29.7 x 44.4 cm. |
| Genre | Lithographs 1860-1870.Political cartoons 1860-1870. |
| Notes | Entered . . . by Wiswell . . . Ohio, June 18th 1861. Title appears as it is written on the item. Weitenkampf, p. 126. 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 1861-29. |
| Subjects | Bell, John,--1797-1869. Flags--United States--1860-1870. Secession--Georgia--1860-1870. Secession--Louisiana--1860-1870. Alabama--1860-1870. Baltimore (Md.)--1860-1870. Kentucky--1860-1870. Mississippi--1860-1870. Tennessee--1860-1870. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,069 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-161149 |
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