Follies of the Age, Vive La Humbug!! political cartoon, circa 1855
Permanent ID:
11739Call number:
Bb 612 F275Date:
1855Image Description:
In 1855, Philadelphians witnessed many important events, including Jane Johnson's fugitive slave case, the crash on Camden Amboy railroad, the explosion of the steamship "John Stevens." These events, and more, are depicted in this political cartoon, summing up the "Follies of the Age."This is a crayon lithograph. It is a conglomerate image including (among other things) a whittling Yankee, a Bowery B'hoy, and a man wanting to aid an African American woman to escape.