Description
- Abstract:
- Making a reference to the Davenport Brothers, two spiritualists, who, among other things, performed dramatic escapes, and their poster advertising their show in London, the artist shows Presidents Lincoln and Davis as the "American Brothers", struggling against the confining bonds of debt and military stalemate. With the coming of winter in 1864, their two armies appeared bogged down in an endless siege around Petersburg and Richmond, with no end to hostilities in sight.
Access Conditions
- Rights
- No Copyright - United States
- Restrictions on Use
- Collection is open for research.
Citation
Tenniel, John,
"The American Brothers:
or, How will they get out of it?
"
(1864).
Lincoln Graphics.
Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library.
https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:69746/
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 …...