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The Question Settled.

PrinterPrinted by E.B. & E.C. Kellogg American, 1840 - 1867

PublisherPublished by E.B. & E.C. Kellogg American, 1840 - 1867

PublisherPublished by George Whiting American, 1820 - 1862

Date1861 - 1865

MediumLithography; printer's ink and watercolor on wove paper

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 8 7/8 x 12 15/16in. (22.5 x 32.9cm)
Sheet (height x width): 10 x 13 7/8in. (25.4 x 35.2cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineGift of Robert Wieland

DescriptionPolitical cartoon features three kittens or cats. In the center, a white kitten with a shield and ribbon that reads "OLD ABE" stands in the interior of a dish bearing the Great Seal of the United States. A gray striped kitten with a rope around its neck that reads "JEFF" is slinking off at the right. A black kitten on the left with a ribbon that reads: "CONTRABAND" has one foot in the dish. The dish sits on a map of the United States. The Confederate States and their major cities are identified at the left: "ALABAMA, GEORGIA, FLORIDA, SOUTH / CAROLINA, Mobile, Pensacola, St. Augustine, Savannah, Beaufort, Port Royal, Charleston." The map rests on an American flag.

Object number1985.2.0

InscribedLithographed title beneath image: "THE QUESTION SETTLED." Inscribed in pencil, on verso, upper left: "other copy (St. John Morgan's) / l.l. EB & EC Kellogg, 244 Main St., Htfd / l.r. Geo. Whiting, 87 Fulton St New York / l.c. 655". Lower left: "consv CPC 1987". Lower right: "Dwr 1." Accession number inscribed in pencil, lower right.

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