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Richmond has fallen - The Bubble Burst – Vintage Print

Richmond has fallen - The Bubble Burst, [1865] — antique engraving
Richmond has fallen - The Bubble Burst, [1865]. Antique engraving from the Richmond collection.

(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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Titled "Richmond has fallen - The Bubble Burst," this 1865 engraving treats the loss of the Confederate capital as a bubble popping, a mocking image of the Southern cause collapsing. Richmond, Virginia, had served as the Confederate capital since 1861, and Union forces occupied it in early April 1865, shortly before Robert E. Lee surrendered at Appomattox Court House. The print was engraved and drawn by H.F. Greene and is catalogued among Civil War sheet music covers, a reminder of how wartime publishers used satirical imagery to celebrate Union victories.

Created / published[1865]
Medium1 print : engraving.
GenreSheet music covers 1860-1870.Engravings 1860-1870.
SubjectsLOT subdivision subject: Civil War - Miscellaneous. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Engraved and del. by H.F. Greene. Caption card tracings: Artists, Publ. Index; US History -- April 1865.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan872 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-131787

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