The Outbreak Of The Rebellion In The United States 1861

Creator

Kimmel and Forster
Christopher Kimmel

Files

Creator Role

lithographer; publisher; artist

Description

Serving as an allegory for the Civil War, the chromolithograph is critical of the Buchanan administration, Jefferson Davis, and the Confederacy; Columbia is at the center with Justice and Abraham Lincoln at her sides; Other principal figures (from left to right) are: Jefferson Davis, James Buchanan, his secretary of war John B. Floyd, Gen. Winfield Scott, and various figures exemplifying the generosity and suffering of the Northern citizenry; The left foreground is filled with Confederate soldiers, some of them engaged in tearing the Union flag from the hands of other soldiers; In the background are scenes of war; In contrast, on the right, the sun rises over mountains in the distance beyond a prosperous countryside

Description Source

Library of Congress. https://www.loc.gov/item/2004665366/ (accessed June 7, 2018)

Contributor

Justice Frank J. and Virginia Williams

Approximate Creation Date

ca. 1865

Measurement

21 1/2 X 27 inches

Materials and Techniques Display

ink on paper

Inscription

Recto, at bottom: Entered according to Act of Congress AD 1865, by Kimmel & Forster in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, for the Southern District of New York. / THE OUTBREAK OF THE REBELLION IN THE UNITED STATES 1861. / NEW YORK PUBLISHED BY KIMMEL & FORSTER, 254 & 256 CANAL ST.

Subjects

Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865

Work Type

Lithograph

Class

print

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

540

Digital ID

FVW_00540

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.