Description
- Abstract:
- This scene shows Presidents Lincoln and Davis forcing their respective conscripts to swallow vile tasting medicinal doses. Lincoln holds a pistol to the head of the Northern draftee while Davis wields a whip to his victim.
Access Conditions
- Rights
- No Copyright - United States
- Restrictions on Use
- Collection is open for research.
Citation
Tenniel, John,
"The Black draft"
(1864).
Lincoln Graphics.
Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library.
https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:69742/
Relations
Collection:
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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 …...