Reception of the Newark Wide-Awake Club at Hartford by the Wide-Awake Club of Hartford, July 26, 1860
PrintmakerEngraved by
Unknown
Date1860
MediumWood engraving; printer's ink on wove paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (overall height x width): 8 1/4 x 11 7/16in. (21 x 29cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineMuseum purchase
DescriptionParade of men wearing caps and capes and carrying torches or lanterns. Spectators look on from the street and from a nearby building. A carriage drawn by two horses and a steamboat on the Connecticut River are in the background. Fireworks are exploding in the night sky.
Object number1978.106.1
InscribedOn recto. letterpress text beneath image: "Reception of the Newark Wide-Awake Club at Hartford by the Wide-Awake Club of Hartford, Conn. - From a sketch by our special artist."NotesSubject Note: Wood-engraving from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper. The Wide-Awake Club, consisting of young members of the Republican Party, originated in Hartford in February 1860. Their purpose was to bring about the election of Abraham Lincoln.Constituent Note: The wood-engraving is signed with the artist's initials at the right, but they are illegible.
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