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Great Fight for the Championship

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Year:
1861
Contributor:
Morse (engraver)
Genre:
prints
broadside
Subject:
Lincoln, Abraham > 1809-1865 > Davis, Jefferson > 1808-1889 > United States -- History -- Civil War > 1861-1865 > Caricatures and Cartoons
Local ID:
Pr M157ph
Extent:
1 print; 70 x 52 cm.
Matted. See also NYHS Call no. PR010

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Abstract:
Advertising poster for May issue of “Phunny Phellow.” Caricature of Jefferson Davis and Abraham Lincoln engaged in prize fight. Ins., top, Phunny Phellow.” Caption, below center: “Great Fight for the Championship Between the Southern Fillibuster and the Western Railsplitter." At bottom: "May now Ready.” Signature on print, “Morse.”

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Citation

"Great Fight for the Championship" (1861). Lincoln Graphics. Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library. https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:ddr9ev3e/

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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 …
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