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[King Cotton]
| Content Provider | Library of Congress - Photographs |
|---|---|
| Spatial Coverage | Confederate States of America |
| Description | Cartoon shows "a skinny old king with hair and beard of cotton, a huge oversize crown on his head, a whip in his hand, sitting on his throne, while African American slaves bring him cool drinks and female slaves fan him. Britannia and Napoleon III prostrate themselves before him and deposit their crowns at his feet--a reminder that during the Civil War the governments and manufacturing interests in some European states, dependent on Southern cotton, had sided with the Confederacy. The base of the dais is inscribed "Slavery." In the elaborate ornamentation around the throne the repeated "C.S.A." is of course "Confederate States of America." The S's and C's are copperheads. The corcodiles in the proscenium arch refer to the National Union Convention of 1866, an attempt to unite conservatives of both parties, North and South, behind the President's policies. At the opening, Governor Orr of South Carolina and general Couch of Massachusetts ahd entered arm-in-arm ... The throne-room is crowded with militant leaders of the Confederacy, shown as knights in armor, heavily burlesqued. ..." |
| File Format | JPG / JPEG |
| Language | English |
| Part of Series | Cartoon Drawings: Swann Collection of Caricature and Cartoon |
| Requires | HTML5 supported browser |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Confederate States of America--1860-1870. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Cotton--1860-1870. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Slavery--1860-1870. |
| Alternative Title | [Grand caricaturama] |
| Content Type | Image |
| Resource Type | Photograph |
