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Title |
"Let us clasp hands over the bloody chasm."-Horace Greeley. |
Creator |
Nast, Thomas, 1840-1902 |
Date |
1872-09-21 |
Signed Name |
Th: Nast. |
Finding number |
CGA.AC.AP6.072 |
Start Date |
1872 |
End date |
1872 |
Genre |
Editorial cartoon |
Subject |
Civil war Pretensions Reconstruction War crimes |
Related people |
Brown, Benjamin Gratz, 1826-1885 Greeley, Horace |
Shown |
Andersonville Prison Camp Sumter Cemetery Prison Camp |
Published in |
Harper's Weekly |
Medium |
Engraving/Paper |
Width (cm) |
40.400 |
Height (cm) |
27.200 |
Collection |
The Ohio State University Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum |
Description |
This engraving, published in Harper's Weekly, depicts Horace Greeley reaching over the walls of the Andersonville prison. Greeley had apparently exhorted the nation to "clasp hands" in a bid to encourage sectional reconciliation, however Nast mocked it as a cheapening of principles to bargain with the same people responsible for the 13,000 deaths at Andersonville Prison. Gratz Brown, Greeley's running mate, is reduced to a note card riding on Greeley's coat tails. In Greeley's pocket is a satirical pamphelet mocking the title of an earlier Greeley book, "What I Know About Farming," which symbolized for Nast his pretensions towards expertise. |
Credit line |
Gift of James W. Cartwright, The Ohio State University Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum |
Accession number |
CGA.2016.JWC |
Version |
original art |