A Thrilling Incident During Voting,--18th Ward, Philadelphia, Oct. 11.
date: label: Date made
content: n.d.
label: date made
content: ca 1864
name: label: maker
content: Harley, Joseph S.
notes: label: Description
content: As the Civil War dragged into 1864, many Republicans worried that the unpopularity of the conflict would cause Lincoln to lose his bid for reelection. Those in the North tired with the war hoped that his opponent and former general, Democratic candidate, George McClellan, would attempt to broker a peace with the Confederacy. These peace Democrats were referred to as Copperheads by Republicans, who believed they resembled venomous serpents. In this print, an elderly man is approached by a Copperhead who has forcefully handed him a Democratic ticket. The man reads the ballot once before flinging it out of his hand, accusing the Copperhead to be worse than “the rebel who sent his bullet through my dead son’s heart.” In this anti-Democrat image, the ideal of patriotism and the cause of fighting for the Union are shown to outweigh desires for peace.
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content: Joseph H. Harley, the artist of the print, was a New York-based engraver. During the 1880s, he was employed by D. Appleton and Company in their publication of Picturesque America. For this volume, Harley crafted engravings based on the works of many prominent American landscape painters of the nineteenth century.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
label: depicted
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
topic: label: Subject
content: Political Parties
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content: Political Caricatures
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content: Civil War
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content: Civil War
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content: Harry T. Peters "America on Stone" Lithography Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.60.3460
label: catalog number
content: 60.3460
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Lithograph
label: Object Type
content: Lithograph
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label: Measurements
content: image: 8 1/2 in x 11 1/2 in; 21.59 cm x 29.21 cm