Description
- Abstract:
- Political cartoon from "Harper's Weekly" showing Abraham Lincoln asking Columbia, an early personification of the United States, "And, what next?" Columbia, wearing a cap that reads "Liberty," holds out a document labeled "Constitution Amended" and replies, "First be sure you're right, then go ahead!"
- Notes:
- The date "Apr 13, 1861" is handwritten on the bottom right corner of the clipping.
Access Conditions
- Rights
- No Copyright - United States
- Restrictions on Use
- Collection is open for research.
Citation
"Consulting the oracle"
(1861).
Lincoln Graphics.
Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library.
https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:69231/
Relations
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Lincoln Graphics
Prints in the Lincoln collection are classified by Meserve numbers, and include most of the known photographic images of Lincoln, along with engravings and popular prints by, among other firms, Currier & Ives and Kurz & Allen. There are also …...