Title

The Great Surrender

Creator

Edward Anthony

Files

Creator Role

publisher

Description

The CDV features an image depicting the Trent Affair, a Civil War-era incident where the U.S. Navy illegally captured two Confederate diplomats, James Murray Mason and John Slidell, from a British Ship. In the image, Mason and Slidell are pictured on a ship. To the left, John Russell stands on land with his proper left foot resting on a lion's back. He rips a piece of paper in his hands. To the right, William H. Seward stands on land and gestures to the ship. Jefferson Davis is pictured in the background.

Contributor

Justice Frank J. and Virginia Williams

Approximate Creation Date

ca. 1862

Measurement

2 1/2 X 4 inches

Materials and Techniques Display

paper (fiber product); albumen process

Inscription

recto, at left of print: Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1862, by E. Anthony, in the / Clerk's office of the District Court of the U.S. for the So. District of New York. verso, inscribed at top: [$35.00] verso, backmark: THE GREAT SURRENDER. / America surrenders the great Commissioners-England surrenders / her great pretensions-Jeff. Davis surrenders his great expectations. / "The consideration is ample." -Sumner. / THE PORTRAITS OF EARL RUSSELL, MASON, SLIDELL AND / SEC'Y SEWARD, ARE PHOTOGRAPHY. / Published by E. Anthony, 501 Broadway, New-York.

Subjects

Carte de visite photographs; Trent Affair, 1861

Work Type

albumen prints ; cartes-de-visite (card photographs)

Class

CDVs

Preferred Citation

[Physical ID#]: [Title], Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana, Mississippi State University Libraries.

Rights

Copyright protected by Mississippi State University Libraries. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.

ID

1024

Digital ID

FVW_01024

Current Location

Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana (Mississippi State, Mississippi, United States)

Repository

Mississippi State University Libraries.

Digital Publisher

Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version).

Contact Information

For more information about the contents of this collection, email sp_coll@library.msstate.edu.