YANKEE VOLUNTEERS MARCHING INTO DIXIE. : "YANKEE DOODLE KEEP IT UP, YANKEE DOODLE DANDY."
Yankee Volunteers Marching into Dixie. : "Yankee Doodle Keep it up, Yankee Doodle Dandy."
Lithograph printed in color, 1862
Image 8 7/8 x 12 1/8" (22.6 x 30.7 cm).
Good condition and color. LOCATION: Washington D.C.
Inventory Number: 88269
Price: $975.00 Publisher : Published by C. F. Morse 450 Penn, at Washington City, & G. A. Morse 196 Broadway St. Boston. J. H. Bufford's lith, Boston. A patriotic but fanciful portrayal of Union forces marching on the South at the opening of the Civil War. Let by a blue-uniformed officer with a drawn sword, a large troop of men marches forward. All are dressed in large white top hats, striped pantaloons, and jackboots characteristic of Yankee character Brother Jonathan. In the background is the city of Washington. Also issued as a music sheet cover this being larger was likely issued as an individual lithograph. 18th-19th Century Subjects , Historical , Civil War