The finances of the rebellion – Historic Print
(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.)
Description
A window into the past: The finances of the rebellion, preserved in this antique engraving. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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The finances of the rebellion
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Rather than a battlefield or a portrait, this wood engraving takes aim at money. Its title, *The finances of the rebellion*, marks it as a commentary on how the Confederacy paid for the war. It was published in *Harper's Weekly* in 1862, when Confederate paper notes were losing value quickly and the government leaned heavily on printed currency, a problem Northern illustrated papers often mocked. The magazine relied on wood engravings like this one to make political arguments accessible to a broad readership, and the subject tags for inflation and economic policy suggest the artist was focused on the strain of wartime finance.
| Created / published | 1862 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : wood engraving. |
| Subjects | Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, 1862. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: C.S.A.--Cartoons--1862; Inflation (Finance)--1862--Cart.; Economic policy--1862--Cart.; BI; Caricatures..., Amer.--1862; CW--Cartoons--1862; Finance; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,087 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-146426 |
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