Song of the Union by a Pennsylvanian . . . – Historic Reproduction
(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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A window into the past: Song of the Union by a Pennsylvanian . . ., preserved in this antique lithograph. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Sheet music covers of this kind were a popular way to carry political feeling into parlors, and this one is distinctive for its title, *Song of the Union*, which its Pennsylvania-born composer, John M. Crosland, copyrighted in 1860. The lithograph pairs the Union theme with George Washington, the Constitution, the United States Capitol, and an eagle, a combination that points to the national anxiety of that election year, when sectional quarrels over slavery were pulling at the country's bonds. The publisher, Beck & Lawton of Philadelphia, sold such patriotic songs to a wide middle-class market. The print is also listed in Bernard F. Reilly's catalog of American political prints, which places it among the graphic works of its moment.
| Created / published | Phila : Beck & Lawton. Seventh & Chesnut Sts., 1860. |
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| Medium | 1 print : lithograph on wove paper ; 32.8 x 25 cm. (image) |
| Genre | Lithographs 1860.Sheet music covers 1860. |
| Notes | Entered . . . 1860 by John M. Crosland . . . East. Distr. of Pensa. Indecipherable signature on stone at lower left. Title appears as it is written on the item. Published in: American political prints, 1766-1876 / Bernard F. Reilly. Boston : G.K. Hall, 1991, entry 1860-5. |
| Subjects | Crosland, John M. Washington, George,--1732-1799. United States. Constitution--1860. United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.)--1860. Eagles--1860. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,060 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-159471 |
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