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Much ado about nothing, or, A militia court-martial!!.

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A satire on the pretensions and general decadence of the American local militia during the Jacksonian era. A man on a witness stand (far left) is questioned by a court-martial, which consists of several officers sitting around a table, some talking, others dozing. On the wall behind the table is a shelf holding gigantic military hats and a large sword inscribed with the motto "Ducit Amor Patriae." At the far right two African American men converse: "Cuff who dat fat ossifer?" "I don't know percicely--but I guess it mus be Col Pluck or some sich great man." A fat officer sits in a chair at left with a list of witnesses. In his back pocket is a pamphlet "Trial of Col. Pluck." Two of his fellow officers question the defendant. Possibly related to the courts martial of Colonel Jonathan Pluck (1825) and Peter Albright (1833), both of the 84th Pennsylvania militia.; Drawn by David Claypoole Johnston.
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Keywords

  1. Artist
  2. Boston
  3. Caricatures And Cartoons
  4. Johnston, David Claypoole
  5. Massachusetts
  6. Militias
  7. Prints Shelf
  8. United States

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