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The Battle of Booneville, or the Great Missouri "Lyon" Hunt..

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  • PUBLISHER: Currier & Ives.

  • MEDIUM: Lithograph,

    DATE: Undated.

  • EDITION SIZE: Medium folio - vignette - Image size 9 5/8 x 14 5/8" (245 x 372 mm)

  • DESCRIPTION: A Northern portrayal of the rout of Missouri secessionist governor Claiborne F. Jackson and Gen. Sterling Price at Booneville on June 17, 1861. Here a lion with the head of Union commander Nathaniel Lyon chases Jackson (center) and Price toward the right. Jackson, wearing a woman's skirt and bonnet, cries to Price, "Let out! General, let out! he's getting close to us." "Oh Govner Jackson I'm trying all I can to hold in," responds Price, as he clutches his stomach and rump.

  • ADDITIONAL INFO: No lower publication line.

  • CONDITION: Fair condition, mild toning, small tear in right margin.

  • REFERENCE: Conningham #387.

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