This online exhibition highlights selections from a rich collection of
political cartoons in the Lilly Library. The caricatures depict times of
turbulence in American history and range in date from the Revolutionary War
to the War of 1812 and to the presidential elections of 1860 and 1864 which
brought Abraham Lincoln to the White House. To facilitate browsing, the
exhibition is divided by time period and includes a section on the history of
caricature. As you visit the online galleries you will sample the works of
notable artists and publishers who sought to portray and comment upon the
events forging America's future.
To navigate around the site select and click on a sidebar icon.
Entering a gallery you will find information about the cartoons and artists of
that period.
When you click on the Picture Album icon preceding the text you
will move to a page of thumbnail representations of the images residing in the
gallery. The full size of the each image ranges from 25 to 70 KB and may be
retrieved by clicking on the thumbnail. In the case of Abraham Lincoln, the
caricatures have been divided into categories with links to each located at
the foot of the introductory text.
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