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A Horse Marine" of the C.S.A." – Vintage Print

A Horse Marine" of the C.S.A.", [1861?] — historic print
A Horse Marine" of the C.S.A.", [1861?]. Historic print from the Horses 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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Step back in time with A Horse Marine" of the C.S.A.", a historic print rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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A cartoon printed on an envelope, this piece turns on the title, "A Horse Marine" of the C.S.A. The phrase described a soldier or sailor out of his element, much like a man on horseback aboard a ship, and the horse is the visual joke. The date, given in brackets as an estimate, places it in 1861, the first year of the Confederate States of America, when its army and navy were still being organized. The caption tracings classify it as a political cartoon about the Confederacy, so it reads as mockery of Southern military pretensions at the start of the war, a theme that appeared often in satirical prints of the period.

Created / published[1861?]
Medium1 print.
NotesPrinted envelope. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Political cartoon; Confederacy.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,213 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-106345

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