Southern ass-stock-crazy (Southern aristocracy) – Antique 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.)
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This rare antique lithograph captures Southern ass-stock-crazy (Southern aristocracy) in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Southern ass-stock-crazy (Southern aristocracy)
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Donkeys, a South Carolina state flag, and a title that plays on "ass" set this lithograph apart, and the cartoon uses the animal to ridicule the Southern upper class. South Carolina was the first state to secede from the Union, in December 1860, and by early 1861 several other Southern states had followed, so the print captures the heated mood of that moment. Northern cartoonists often portrayed Southern planters as arrogant and foolish, and this image turns that stereotype against the secession movement. Its 1861 date places it among the many political prints that appeared as the national crisis deepened.
| Created / published | 1861 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph. |
| Genre | Lithographs 1860-1870.Political cartoons 1860-1870. |
| Notes | Title appears as it is written on the item. Forms part of: American cartoon print filing series (Library of Congress) |
| Subjects | Donkeys--1860-1870. Secession--South Carolina--1860-1870. State flags--South Carolina--1860-1870. Upper class--South Carolina--1860-1870. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,141 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-162800 |
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