Shadows of the Times. Pl. 1

Creator

Peter Kramer
Kramer and Muringer

Files

Creator Role

artist publishers copyrighters

Description

The lithograph is one in a series of three Civil War satires featuring shadow figures. The first plate features six cartoons that cynically depict European intervention. The top image represents the anxiety toward European invasion during the Civil War. On the right, Queen Victoria is pictured surrounded by a lion, a bagpipe player, and a storm of demons. To the left, Columbia is shown with an American flag, eagle, and man wearing broken shackles. The second cartoon show Emperor Napoleon III of France with another officer standing before two portraits, one of an exiled Napoleon Bonaparte on the island of St. Helena and another of Emperor Frederick the Great leading his army.

Contributor

Justice Frank J. and Virginia Williams

Approximate Creation Date

ca. 1862

Measurement

11 1/2 X 8 1/2 inches

Materials and Techniques Display

ink on paper lithography

Inscription

Recto, at top: SHADOWS OF THE TIMES./Pl. 1 recto, top image caption: You don't say so!! Very glad to see you./I will sink your Ships and burn your Factories. they are a perfect nuisance. recto, bottom image caption: General, St. Helena is not forgotten. recto, below image: P. Kramer del./Published by P. Kramer & C. Muringer, 253, North 8th St. Philada./Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1862, by P. Kramer & C. Muringer, in the Clerk's office of the District Court of the Eastern district of Pennsylvania. recto, at bottom right corner, handwritten in pencil: A bd/.50 verso, at top left corner: [bw]

Subjects

Napoleon III, Emperor of the French, 1808-1873--Caricatures and cartoons; Satire; Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901--Caricatures and cartoons; Xenophobia

Work Type

Lithograph

Class

Cartoons

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

4967

Digital ID

FVW_04967

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.