Strong's dime caricatures. No. 4, The schoolmaster abroad" at last" – Historic 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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Few images capture their era like this antique engraving of Strong's dime caricatures. No. 4, The schoolmaster abroad" at last". The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Strong's dime caricatures. No. 4, The schoolmaster abroad" at last"
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In this dime caricature, number four in Thomas W. Strong's series, Abraham Lincoln is cast as a schoolmaster, and the title "The schoolmaster abroad" at last" makes the joke explicit. The subjects it names, including the secession movements in Louisiana and South Carolina, the Alabama and Mississippi flags, and Lincoln himself, tie the picture to the winter of 1860-61, when Southern states began leaving the Union after his election. Probably drawn by John H. Goater, the wood engraving shows how Northern printmakers used cheap, widely sold satire to comment on the crisis as it unfolded.
| Created / published | 1861 |
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| Medium | 1 print : wood engraving with letterpress, on wove paper ; 25.2 x 36.2 cm. (image) |
| Genre | Political cartoons 1860-1870.Wood engravings 1860-1870. |
| Notes | Entered . . . 1861 by Thomas W. Strong . . . Southern District of New York. Probably drawn by John H. Goater. Title appears as it is written on the item. Weitenkampf, p. 127. Wilson, p. 122-123. 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 1861-12. |
| Subjects | Lincoln, Abraham,--1809-1865. Secession--Louisiana--1860-1870. Secession--South Carolina--1860-1870. State flags--South Carolina--1860-1870. Alabama--1860-1870. Mississippi--1860-1870. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,028 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-112287 |
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