File:The Old Bull Dog on the Right Track Cartoon Lincoln Grant Confederates Richmond.png

From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Original file ‎(5,247 × 3,418 pixels, file size: 16.39 MB, MIME type: image/png)

Captions

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Summary

[edit]
Description
English: 1864 US political cartoon during the American Civil War and 1864 US Presidential election.

Library of Congress description:

Title: The old bull dog on the right track Creator(s): Currier & Ives., Date Created/Published: [New York : Currier & Ives], c1864. Medium: 1 print on wove paper : lithograph ; image 25 x 40 cm.


Summary: An election year cartoon measuring Democratic candidate McClellan's military failures against the recent successes of his successor, Ulysses S. Grant. At right Grant, portrayed as a bulldog wearing a collar labeled "Lieut. General" and epaulets, sits pugnaciously on the tracks of the "Weldon Railroad," a Confederate supply route. He looks to Republican presidential incumbent Abraham Lincoln and boasts, "I'm bound to take it." Grant refers to the city of Richmond, here represented by a doghouse, in which cowers Confederate president Jefferson Davis. Davis, flanked by his own generals Lee (left) and Beauregard, remarks, "You aint got this kennel yet old fellow!" Several other dogs hide behind the house. At far left a dwarf-like McClellan asks the president, ". . . don't you think you had better call the old dog off now. I'm afraid he'll hurt those other dogs, if he catches hold of them." Lincoln answers, "Why little Mac thats the same pack of curs, that chased you aboard of the Gunboat two years ago, they are pretty nearly used up now. I think its best to give the old bull dog full swing to go in and finish them!"

Lincoln refers to McClellan's failure to counterattack during the Battle of Malvern Hill in 1862. (See "The Gunboat Candidate at the Battle of Malvern Hill," no. 1864-17.) In contrast, Grant aggressively advanced his army toward Richmond, hoping to force a decisive battle.

Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-pga-04960 (digital file from original item) LC-USZ62-8826 (b&w film copy neg.) Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on publication. Call Number: PGA - Currier & Ives--Old bull dog... (B size) [P&P]

Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
Date
Source Currier & Ives cartoon, 1864, via [1]. Full sized TIF cropped, contrast adjusted, converted to black & white and PNG format by uploader (Infrogmation) before upload to Wikimedia Commons.
Author Uncredited cartoonist for Currier & Ives

Licensing

[edit]
Public domain

This work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 70 years or fewer.

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929.

This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current16:56, 17 May 2017Thumbnail for version as of 16:56, 17 May 20175,247 × 3,418 (16.39 MB)Infrogmation (talk | contribs)User created page with UploadWizard

You cannot overwrite this file.

There are no pages that use this file.

Metadata

This file contains additional information such as Exif metadata which may have been added by the digital camera, scanner, or software program used to create or digitize it. If the file has been modified from its original state, some details such as the timestamp may not fully reflect those of the original file. The timestamp is only as accurate as the clock in the camera, and it may be completely wrong.

Retrieved from "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:The_Old_Bull_Dog_on_the_Right_Track_Cartoon_Lincoln_Grant_Confederates_Richmond.png&oldid=739172692"