The Uprising Of The North – 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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The Uprising Of The North comes to life in this historic image, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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The Uprising Of The North
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One of only five surviving paintings from Thomas Nast's *Grand Caricaturama*, *The Uprising of the North* is a large tempera work measuring nearly 8 by 12 feet. Nast made 33 such panels for a traveling-style stage show, unrolled as a moving panorama while a narrator explained the scenes and piano songs accompanied them. The show, a humorous account of American history that mixed real people with symbolic figures, drew warm crowds in New York and Boston. Painted around 1867, just after the Civil War, the work reflects how the period's political tensions were turned into popular entertainment, and it is a useful example of Nast's skill before he became famous for his political cartoons.
| Created / published | c. 1867 |
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| Notes | Thomas Nast, 1840-1902, artist. Bequest and gift, Caroline and Erwin Swann, 1974, Library of Congress. (painting, tempera, 7 ft. 10.5 in. x 11 ft. 7 in.). SUMMARY: One of five surviving paintings from Thomas Nast's Grand Caricaturama--a humorous account of American history involving real persons and symbolic characters. Nast created 33 paintings, each approximately 8 x 12 feet, for display on a stage as a moving panorama accompanied by an explanatory talk and piano songs. The performances in New York City and Boston received a highly favorable popular response. Cartoon shows "a night scene. Columbia stands on a balcony draped with the United States flag, with the American Eagle beside her, wings outspread. She brandishes her sword, and below her, mounted knights salute her with drawn swords. In the distance is a wide landscape of mountains, valleys, rivers and lakes--a whole continent--w |
| Source | Library of Congress |
| Original scan | 4,000 × 2,558 px · prints to 13 × 9 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-226836 |
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