Challenging Union Votes
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Creator Role
Artist
Description
This is an example of Rogers’s genre work, Challenging the Union Vote takes place in the old South where a Unionist — alongside his granddaughter — attempts to register his vote. The registrar, however, is an ex-Confederate, who pushes the man’s hand asid
Contributor
Justice Frank J. and Virginia Williams
Approximate Creation Date
ca. 1869
Measurement
21 1/4 x 12 1/2 Inches
Materials and Techniques Display
Plaster; Carving
Inscription
Font Side; Challenging The Union Vote. Top of the base; John Rogers New York The right to Photography this group is not sold with it.
Creation Location
New York
Subjects
Voter Intimidation; Voter Suppression
Work Type
Carving
Class
Sculpture
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
2658
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.