The Man With The Carpet Bags

16 1872 november 9 p.

The man with the carpet bags.

Caricature of carl schurz carrying bags labeled carpet bag and carpet bagger south. Summary caricature of carl schurz carrying bags labeled carpet bag and carpet bagger south contributor names nast thomas 1840 1902 artist created published 1872. This engraving demonstrates southern hostility towards northerners who moved south during the reconstruction era. A farce in one act.

With an illustration and notes biographical and critical. Handmade in the uk. Carpetbaggers were northerners who moved to the south after the civil war to buy land from southerners left bankrupt by the war. Thomas hailes lacy 1866.

Library of congress prints and photographs division. Title from table of contents page viewed oct. Wood engraving by thomas nast. The man with the carpet bags th.

The man with the carpet bag. The man with the carpet bags. Free shipping on qualifying offers. Embellished with a fine engraving from a drawing taken in the theatre by mr.

The term carpetbaggers implies the northerner s haste in packing all their belongings in a suitcase and leaving their homes in order to reap the spoils of office in the south foner. He sits atop a pile of weapons with armed union soldiers on either side helping keep the bag steady with their bayonets. Buy online at discount prices. The man with the carpet bags caricature of carl schurz carrying bags labeled carpet bag and carpet bagger south published.

Nast thomas 1840 1902 artist date created published. A farce in one act by gilbert abbott à becket esq. The man with the carpet bags th. The man with the carpet bag.

Copy in ssf gr reconstruction 1863 1877 cartoons. In this reconstruction era cartoon the man sitting on the bag is president grant. Printed from the acting copy with remarks biographical and critical by d g.