[Rarebooks] FS - Four Civil War racial cartoons

[GREENFIELD BOOKS]

We offer for sale the following four cartoons, published by the British 
humor magazine "Punch" in 1863. Images are available upon request. Terms 
of sale at end.

   
[PUNCH] [JOHN TENNIEL] [AMERICAN CIVIL WAR] [SLAVERY]
THE BLACK CONSCRIPTION [A cartoon drawing by Tenniel from the Civil War 
era September 26, 1863, issue of Punch]
London, Punch 1863, 1st printing, Black-&-white woodcut measures 27 x 20 
cm, drawn by John Tenniel with his distinctive initials in the plate. 
Taken from the September 26, 1863, issue, volume XLV.
¶ The cartoon depicts the joyous meeting of two African-American 
soldiers, one from the north and the other from the south. The northern 
black man says "Dat you, Sambo? Year, yeah" and the southern black man 
responds "Bless my heart / how am you Jim?". The caption reads "The 
Black Conscription. / "When black meets black then comes the end (?) of 
war". (See Rufus Rockwell Wilson, "Lincoln in Caricature"). The recto is 
blank. There is some light discoloration to the image and a few spots of 
foxing, however the image remains clear and sharp and is quite suitable 
for framing.

$50.00
 

   
[PUNCH] [JOHN TENNIEL] [AMERICAN CIVIL WAR] [SLAVERY]
BRUTUS AND CAESAR (From the American edition of Shakespeare) [A cartoon 
drawing by Tenniel from a Civil War era issue of Punch]
London, Punch 1863, 1st printing,  Black-&-white woodcut measures 27 x 
20 cm, drawn by John Tenniel with his distinctive initials in the plate. 
Taken from the August 15, 1863, issue, volume XLV.
¶ The image shows a seated Lincoln, dressed as Brutus, gazing upon a 
Negro ghost, dressed as Caesar, while a sleeping black minstrel slumbers 
in the corner. Lincoln (Brutus) holds a copy of "Joe Miller" in his 
hand. The caption reads: "Brutus and Caesar / (From the American Edition 
of Shakspeare.) / The Tent of Brutus (Lincoln). Night. Enter the ghost 
of Caesar. / Brutus. 'Wall, now! Do tell! Who's you?' Caesar. 'I am dy 
ebil genus, massa Linking. Dis child am awful Inimpressional.' (See 
Rufus Rockwell Wilson, "Lincoln in Caricature"). The recto is blank. 
There is some light discoloration to the image, however the image 
remains clear and sharp and is quite suitable for framing.

$50.00


PUNCH] [JOHN TENNIEL] [AMERICAN CIVIL WAR] [SLAVERY] [ABRAHAM LINCOLN]
"ROWDY" NOTIONS OF EMANCIPATION" [A cartoon drawing by Tenniel from the 
Civil War era August 8, 1863, issue of Punch]
London, Punch 1863, 1st printing, Black-&-white woodcut measures 21 x 27 
cm, drawn by John Tenniel with his distinctive initials in the plate. 
Taken from volume XLV.
¶ A commentary on the New York draft riots. The drawing shows a black 
man being dragged away to the gallows by a white mob, while another 
black man lays prostrate on the ground behind a caricature of a standing 
Abraham Lincoln, his chin in his hand. The caption reads: "Rowdy Notions 
of Emancipation" and underneath is printed: "The mob on the corner, 
below my house, had hung up a negro to the lamp-post. In mockery, a 
cigar was placed in his mouth. For hours these scared negroes poured up 
Twenty-seventh Street, passing my house." (See Rufus Rockwell Wilson, 
"Lincoln in Caricature"). The recto is blank. There is some light 
discoloration to the image, however the image remains clear and sharp 
and is quite suitable for framing.

$50.00


   
[PUNCH] [JOHN TENNIEL] [AMERICAN CIVIL WAR] [SLAVERY] [ABRAHAM LINCOLN]
SCENE FROM THE AMERICAN "TEMPEST" [A cartoon drawing by Tenniel from the 
Civil War era issue of Punch, January 24, 1863]
London, Punch 1863, 1st printing, black-&-white woodcut measures 21 x 27 
cm, with Tenniel's distinctive initials in the plate. Taken from the the 
January 24, 1863, volume XLV issue.
¶ The drawing shows two uniformed authorities, the one in the foreground 
being obviously a caricature of Abraham Lincoln, who is shown handing to 
a poorly-dressed black man a piece of paper on which is clearly printed 
the word "Proclamation". (The "Emancipation Proclamation" was issued by 
President Lincoln just a few weeks earlier). The glowering military 
figure in the background appears to be a caricature of Jefferson Davis, 
the Confederate States of America president. The caption reads: "Caliban 
(Sambo). 'You beat him 'nough, Massa! Berry little time, I'll beat him 
too.' - Shakspeare. (Nigger Translation)"; the line being paraphrased 
from Act III, scene 2, line 1479 of Shakespeare's "The Tempest" in which 
Caliban states: "Beat him enough:, after a little time / I'll beat him 
too". The recto is blank, and at the top of the image is printed "Punch, 
or the London Charivari. - January 24, 1863". There is some foxing to 
the image, but it is not untoward. The image is clear and sharp.

$50.00


Terms of sale: the price is in USD. Postage and packing is $5 for one, 
or all, items. Payment by check, PayPal, or credit card. Returnable 
within seven days of receipt if found to be not as described.

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