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[The Uprising of the North]
Content Provider | Library of Congress - Photographs |
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Spatial Coverage | United States |
Description | 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--with beacon fires everywhere. In the sky is a vision of the Capitol, with rays of light radiating from it like the aurora borealis. ... The painting reveals Nast's complete belief in the righteousness of the Northern cause. It also reveals the basic romanticism that governed his politics and art. ..." |
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) | Columbia (Symbolic character)--1860-1870. |
Subject Domain (in LCSH) | United States--1860-1870. |
Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Slavery--1860-1870. |
Alternative Title | [Grand caricaturama] |
Content Type | Image |
Resource Type | Photograph |