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Columbia demands her children! – Antique Print

Columbia demands her children!, [Boston : s.n.], 1864. — antique lithograph
Columbia demands her children!, [Boston : s.n.], 1864.. Antique lithograph from the Historic Print Archive 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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This rare antique lithograph captures Columbia demands her children! in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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A lithograph in which the personified nation, Columbia, makes a direct demand of Abraham Lincoln, the title's "Columbia demands her children!" frames the Union's wartime manpower needs as a family grievance. Signed by J.E. Baker and published in Boston in 1864, the print appeared during the Civil War and in the year of Lincoln's bid for reelection. Such satirical images used familiar symbols to press political arguments with readers who could not always follow lengthy newspaper debates about enlistment, casualties, and the draft.

Created / published[Boston : s.n.], 1864.
Medium1 print : lithograph on wove paper ; 20.3 x 29.3 cm. (image)
GenreSatires (Visual works) 1860-1870.
NotesSigned: J.E. Baker del. (Joseph E. Baker). Title appears as it is written on the item. Weitenkampf, p. 140. Forms part of: American cartoon print filing series (Library of Congress) Published in: American political prints, 1766-1876 / Bernard F. Reilly. Boston : G.K. Hall, 1991, entry 1864-34.
SubjectsLincoln, Abraham,--1809-1865. Columbia (Symbolic character)--1860-1870.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,291 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-161158

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