Description
- Abstract:
- A sarcastic John Bull asks Union troops fleeing in haste from the Battle of Bull Run "Hullo, Brother Jonathan. Where are you running to?" Abandoning their weapons and equipment the Federal soldiers shout back "Just gwine to take Canada". This cartoon compresses the events of several months. During the weeks following the fall of Fort Sumter, many people thought it was still a localized insurrection and some northern newspapers called for an American invasion of Canada.
Access Conditions
- Rights
- No Copyright - United States
- Restrictions on Use
- Collection is open for research.
Citation
Tenniel, John,
"How they went to take Canada"
(1861).
Lincoln Graphics.
Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library.
https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:69758/
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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 …...