Thomas, Henry

Description

Allegorical print with decorative border commemorating the reconciliation of the North and South at the end of the Civil War. Depicts Lincoln extending a hand to Confederate President Jefferson Davis and to Liberty who sits behind the presidents in a temple adorned with the names of the Union states. Secretary of State William H. Seward, Secretary of War Gideon Welles, two Union Officers, General Sherman, and General Grant on horseback accompany Lincoln in the prosperous North. Grant holds a ribbon containing the names of the Confederate states and Sherman attaches it to the Temple of Liberty. In the burning, war torn South where ghostlike figures roam, Davis is accompanied by General Lee, a man resembling Henry Wilkes Boothe, a slave who holds his shackled arms above his head, and a solemn young man holding his stove pipe hat. The decorative border contains healthy vines and branches on the northern side, dead vines on the side of the "South," and vignettes of a slave whipping, hand-to-hand combat, men working the field, and a man fishing.; H. Thomas; Lithogr. by Kimmel & Forster 256 Canal Str. N.Y.; Text below title: Dedicated to the Memory of our most lamented late President Abraham Lincoln.; One of three companionate allegorical lithographs about the Civil War produced by Kimmel & Forster.

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