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Library Company of Philadelphia 5760.F.111 The man that blocks up the highway Philadelphia 1866
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English: The man that blocks up the highway Philadelphia 1866 (Library Company of Philadelphia 5760.F.111) |
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| Source | Contributor Magee, John L., publisher. Title The man that blocks up the highway [graphic]. Publisher Philadelphia : J.L. Magee, publisher, south east corner Third and Dock Sts Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1866 Date [1866] Physical Description 1 print : lithograph ; sheet 32 x 39 cm (12.5 x 15.5 in.) Description Cartoon satirizing President Andrew Johnson and his reconstruction policies as sympathetic to Southerners and an obstruction to Radical Republican policies and African American civil rights. Depicts Johnson with jackass ears standing at a road block labeled "veto" and greeting pardoned former Confederates, including an unrepentant white man counterfeiter and two white men ruffians. The ruffians brag about the murder of major-generals, curse the Yankees, and threaten an overthrow of the North and nullification of civil rights after the re-establishment of a Southern presence in the Congress. As Johnson welcomes the Southerners, he orders Secretary of State William Seward, attired as a servant, to pass around whiskey, belittles the barred "Radical Republicans," and boasts about his veto power. Behind the "veto" barricade, carriages driven by Republicans and labeled "Freedman's Bu[reau]," "Civil Rights," and "[Recon]struction," including one attended by an African American man portrayed in racist caricature, stand idle (an allusion to Johnson's vetoes of the Civil Rights Act of 1866 and the renewal of the Freedman's Bureau). The drivers compare Johnson with Marc Anthony who was "blowing before the People about his great love for the Constitution while conspiring with Caesar for the overthrow of the Republic." In the right, near crates of "Southern Appointments" and "Southern Pardons," John Bull and French dictator Napoleon III stand. Napoleon praises Johnson, proclaiming him "Emperor Americane." Also includes, a shack adorned with the sign "Andy Johnson Tribune of the People" in the background. Is referenced by Weitenkampf, p. 153 Notes Title from item. Date inferred from content. Originally part of American political caricatures, likely a scrapbook, accessioned 1899. Collection primarily comprised of gifts from Samuel Breck, John A. McAllister, and James Rush. RVCDC Description revised 2021. Access points revised 2021. Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014. Subject Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875 -- Caricatures and cartoons. Napoleon III, Emperor of the French, 1808-1873 -- Caricatures and cartoons. Seward, William Henry, 1801-1872 -- Caricatures and cartoons. Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) African American men -- Caricatures and cartoons. African Americans -- Civil rights -- United States -- 1860-1870. Carriages & coaches -- United States. Counterfeiters. John Bull (Symbolic character) -- 1860-1870. Pardon. Racism in popular culture. Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) Free men -- United States -- Civil War, 1861-1865. Genre Lithographs -- 1860-1870. Political cartoons -- 1860-1870. Printer Magee, John L., publisher. Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| political cartoons - 1866-5W [5760.F.111] Accession number 5760.F.111 https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/Islandora%3A65112 |
| Author | J. L. Magee |
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