2022年2月1日 · In this pro-Lincoln cartoon published during the 1860 presidential campaign, “Honest Old Abe” wields a rail to defend the White House from his three opponents—a sitting senator, a sitting ...

Looking at Lincoln: Political Cartoons. In an age before radio, television, and the Internet, many Americans received news and expressed their opinions about politicians and presidents through newspapers and cartoons. Political cartoons appeared in newspapers and were sold individually as prints in shops on street corners and by mail.

This cartoon depicts Abraham Lincoln preparing to chop down a tree labelled "slavery" with a man clinging to the top of it (representing the Southern slave states). This illustration is drawing on election campaign depictions of Lincoln as a railsplitter and rugged frontiersman. This cartoon was likely published in response to the Emancipation Proclamation, as …

5 天之前 · On this pro-Lincoln cartoon revealed throughout the 1860 presidential marketing campaign, “Trustworthy Outdated Abe” wields a rail to defend the White House from his three opponents—a sitting senator, a sitting vice chairman and a former senator—who’re making an attempt to interrupt into it. Artist Louis Maurer dressed the vigilant ...

Abraham Lincoln left Springfield, IL on February 11, 1861 for his inauguration in Washington, D.C. The train trip was designed as a tour where Lincoln could give speeches and allow the public to see their new president-elect. ... The political cartoons depicting Lincoln in a “Scotch plaid cap and a very long military cloak” were derived ...

This political cartoon for the 1860 presidential campaign depicts Abraham Lincoln, the fledgling Republican Party presidential candidate, handily taking on rival candidates while eating at the "Political Oyster House." He was facing three other presidential hopefuls. Northern Democrats turned to Stephen Douglas of Illinois, while southern …

2022年2月23日 · Media in category "Caricatures of Abraham Lincoln" The following 76 files are in this category, out of 76 total. "Doctor Lincoln's New Elixir of Life ," 1862.jpg 660 × ... a la Blondin (Cartoon of Lincoln dressed as the famous tight-rope walker Blondin, crossing Niagara Falls carrying black man on hisshoulders and LCCN99614253.jpg 1,109 × ...

President Lincoln enjoyed humor. Many Americans enjoyed making fun of President Abraham Lincoln. Some of the most recognizable cartoons were published in Harper’s Weekly, a New York City periodical that also featured sketches of war scenes and famous personalities – as well as news and serialized literature.

The cartoon, Abe Lincoln’s Last Card; or, Rouge et Noir, contributed by Tenniel to the October 18, 1861, issue of London Punch again shows how an important element in England, blind to the real trend and meaning of events, saw in Mr. Lincoln’s prayerfully meditated Emancipation Proclamation only the gesture of a wily but desperate gambler ...

This political cartoon responds to the Presidential campaign of 1860 where Abraham Lincoln represented the Republican party, running against John Bell of the Consitutional Union party and Stephen Douglas, nominated by the Democrats. Dressed as a "Wide Awake," a group of young supporters of the Republicans, Lincoln sports a cape and military cap ...