Let Us Clasp Hands over the Bloody Chasm.
- Title:
- Let Us Clasp Hands over the Bloody Chasm.
- Collection:
- Political Americana
- Cartoonist:
- Nast, Thomas (September 27, 1840 - December 7, 1902)
- Political Figure:
- Greeley, Horace, American (1811-1872), Presidential Candidate
Brown, B. Gratz, American (1826-1885), Vice-Presidential Candidate
- Date:
- 1872
- Election Date:
- 1872
- ID Number:
- 2214.CA0012
- Collection Number:
- 2214
- File Name:
- 2214CA0012.jpg
- Political Party:
- Democratic
- Culture:
- German
American - Work Type:
- Prints
- Materials/Techniques:
- Wood engraving (process)
Newsprint - Subject:
- Illustrations
Political cartoons
Greeley, Horace
Brown, B. Gratz
Andersonville Prison, Georgia
Stockades
American Civil War
Cemeteries
Mourners
Skulls
Portraits
Caricatures
Quotations (texts) - Measurement:
- 40.64 x 25.4 (Cartoon) (centimeters)
- Description:
- Cartoon from the September 21, 1872 Harper's Weekly is titled with a quotation from Horace Greeley reading Let Us Clasp Hands over the Bloody Chasm. Shows image of Greeley attempting to reach over the graveyard at Andersonville Prison, Georgia. Vice-Presidential Candidate B. Gratz Brown is represented as a piece of paper stuck to Greeley's shoe.
- Cite As:
- Susan H. Douglas Political Americana Collection, #2214. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
- Repository:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
- Archival Collection:
- Susan H. Douglas Political Americana Collection
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- This digital collection and its contents are owned and operated by the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library. Digital reproductions are provided for private study, scholarship and research use only and may not be downloaded for use in electronic or print publications (including web sites), exhibitions, or broadcasts, without permission. There are no known U.S. copyright restrictions on this image. The digital file is owned by the Cornell University Library which is making it freely available with the request that, when possible, the Library be credited as its source.