Fair Thing political cartoon, 1862
Permanent ID:
11850Language:
EnglishDate:
October 11 1862Image Description:
This political cartoon clipping from Harper's Weekly depicts a woman and a grocery delivery man conversing in the woman's parlor or kitchen. The woman sits in a chair, holding a bill; the young man, wearing a grocer's apron and holding a top hat, stands next to a table piled high with food. There is a portrait of Jefferson Davis hanging on the wall. The caption identifies the woman as a Northerner who sympathizes with the Confederates during the Civil War. She expresses alarm over the high prices she has been charged. The delivery boy replies, "Yes Ma'am. The Boss says as you like to talk Secesh, Perhaps you wouldn't mind paying Secesh prices." "Secesh" is short for secessionist, or Confederate. The Confederacy at the time was experiencing ballooning inflation rates and other economic issues.This cartoon was published in the same issue, and on the same page, as "Lincoln's Last Warning" (record #2188).
Format:
Clippings; Wood engravings; Political cartoonsDimensions:
Width: 14 cm, Height: 13.5 cm (image)Publisher:
Collection:
Historical Society of Pennsylvania cartoons and caricatures collectionRelated People or Organizations:
Nast, Thomas, 1840-1902 (artist)Moloshok, Rachel (Transcribed by)
Moloshok, Rachel (Encoded by)
Historical Society of Pennsylvania (repository)
Jefferson Davis, 1808-1889 (depicted)
Harper & Brothers (publisher)