The Fabronius, Dominique C., artist still image graphic still image Lithographs-1860-1870. mau 1863 monographic Boston] Print by A. Trochsler, 116 Washn. St. Boston [1863] eng

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1 print on wove paper : lithograph ; 20.3 x 25 cm (image), 29.3 x 38.2 cm (sheet) Print shows a curiously pastoral scene that actually carries a strongly anti-Copperhead message. The artist contrasts the blessings of Northern free labor with the inhumanity of the Southern plantation system. Anti-Republican or "Copperhead" northerners, who advocated a negotiated reconciliation with the South, are implicitly condemned here as compliant with the slaveholders' interests. In the center a bearded farmer, possibly intended to represent Lincoln, mows grass with a large scythe. He wears a narrow-brimmed hat and carries a wetstone in his trouser pocket. As he mows, his scythe blade catches the snakes in the grass. Behind him are two scenes. On the left, where the sun shines, several farmers, apparently free blacks, are also mowing. A large house stands in the distance. In contrast on the right dark clouds hover over a plantation scene where slaves harvest and carry cotton under the eye of an overseer armed with a whip. A young male slave kneels before the overseer, who stands leaning against a palmetto tree. Rude dwellings appear in the background, and a fugitive slave runs toward the left pursued by bloodhounds. In the margin below are the verses: We have battles to fight, we have foes to subdue / Time waits not for us, and we wait not for you! / The mower mows on, though the adder may writhe / And the copperhead coil round the blade of his scythe. No known restrictions on publication. designed and lith. by D.C. Fabronius. Title from item. Inscribed in ink at top left: (Deposited Dec. 15, 1863. Recorded Vol. 38, Page 755) No. 283. DLC Inscribed in red ink at top left: No. 283. DLC Inscribed in pencil at bottom center: 24607. DLC Stamped on right margin: Copyright Library Feb 13 1864. DLC Published in: American political prints, 1766-1876 / Bernard F. Reilly. Boston : G.K. Hall, 1991, entry 1863-14. Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 African Americans Civil rights 1860-1870 Slavery Southern States 1860-1870 Plantations Southern States 1860-1870 Mowing Southern States 1860-1870 Scythes 1860-1870 Political platforms 1860-1870 PGA - Fabronius--Mower Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pga.10538 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b03424 2003689298 LC-DIG-pga-10538 DLC LC-USZ62-55538 DLC hdl:loc.pnp/pga.10538 hdl:loc.pnp/cph.3b03424 aacr gihc DLC 031126 20250606203744.9 13417800 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.8 using MARC21slim2MODS3-8_XSLT1-0.xsl (Revision 1.172 20230208)