03941nkd a22006017a 4500 15595045 20250607030409.7 cr|||||||||||| kj|||| 940524s1864 xxunnn| |||||u||||kneng 15595045 7 cbc orignew u ncip 20 y-printpho LCAP batch update 2025-06-01-04:00: LCAPM-861 2008661658 (DLC)app1994000543/PP LC-USZ62-17728 DLC (b&w film copy neg.) DLC DLC gihc PC/US - 1863.W896, no. 3 The pending conflict [graphic]. 1864. 1 print : lithograph with letterpress, on wove paper ; 34.1 x 31.3 cm. (image) still image sti rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia Digital image computer c rdamedia sheet nb rdacarrier Digital image online resource cr rdacarrier Designed by O.E. Woods. Entered . . . 1863 by Oliver Evans Woods . . . Pennsylvania. Herline & Hensel, Lith. 632 Chestnut St. Phila. This impression was deposited for copyright on January 21, 1864, along with another redrawn version with added text and the new title "The Pending Contest" (no. 1864-3). Title appears as it is written on the item. Weitenkampf, p. 138. A later, altered version of "The Pending Conflict" (no. 1863-10). Albeit more optimistic from the Northern point of view than its earlier couterpart, this version is equally critical of European abetment of the Confederate war effort and of the anti-Lincoln or pacifist movement in the North. The artist has made significant changes in composition and details. The positions of the central figures are reversed so that the secessionist figure is on the left, wearing a belt marked "Secession. The States shall be sovereign!" He still tramples on the American flag and wields a club marked "British pirate steamers, Br[itish] Cannon, &c." Strewn about his feet are three broken clubs inscribed "Bermuda," "Fingal," and "alias Atlanta." John Bull and Napoleon III of France watch from the background left. The former holds a bundle of clubs wrapped in a band labeled "Neutrality." The clubs are labeled "Steam Rams" and "Blockades" and "Runners." The muscular figure representing the Union is now clearly the more dominant. He wears a belt labeled "Union. The people shall be sovereign!" and raises a club threatening Secession. With his other hand, he grasps a snake by the throat. In the background right, on the ocean, are three ships, two of which are aflame. No known restrictions on publication. Forms part of: American cartoon print filing series (Library of Congress) Published in: American political prints, 1766-1876 / Bernard F. Reilly. Boston : G.K. Hall, 1991, entry 1864-2. Napoleon III, Emperor of the French, 1808-1873. Confederate States of America. Navy 1860-1870. Flags United States 1860-1870. lctgm Confederate States of America Foreign relations Great Britain 1860-1870. Lithographs 1860-1870. gmgpc Political cartoons 1860-1870. gmgpc Woods, Oliver Evans. Herline & Hensel. American cartoon print filing series (Library of Congress) (DLC) 2005680400 Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA dcu http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print digital file from b&w film copy neg. cph 3a19907 p http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3a19907 pp/pcus pp/app pp/exh L4085 pp/minload pp/diof c-P&P PC/US - 1863.W896, no. 3 (C size) ppsd obj.