THE SAME OLD PIRATE AFLOAT AGAIN.

Thomas Nast

Artist's Biography

The Same Old Pirate Afloat Again.

Wood engraving, 1874
Image size 20 1/4 x 13 9/16" (51.5 x 34.3 cm).
Good condition. LOCATION: New York City

Inventory Number: 87434
Price: $125.00
Publisher : Published by Harper's Weekly, September 19, 1874. A Confederate soldier tromples the Union flag as he raises the Jolly Roger, which contains the text "this is a white mans government". Before him stand planks reading, "Democratic Platform 1861, 1862, 1863", "K.K.". and "This is a white man's government. The same old plank". A cannon round reading "equal rights to all" smashes through a plank reading, "the same old platform. C.S.A." 18th-19th Century Subjects , Caricatures and Satirical