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'Retrogression (A Very Sad Picture)', 1862.
'Retrogression (A Very Sad Picture)', 1862. 'War-Dance of the IOU Indian'. The American dancing in 'native' feathers bears a striking resemblance to President Abraham Lincoln. Recently a number of American states and private debtors repudiated loans made to them by Britain. To accompany this cartoon, Punch ran an article headed The IOU Indian. Presented under the guise of a paper presented by the Ethnological Society, it tells how the first inhabitants of America were wise, brave and independent until the deteriorating effects of climate were enhanced by 'a vast infusion of inferior animalism, in the form of convict Irish, deboshed Germans, and the accumulated scum of other nations'. This mixture meant that the American had gradually lost the fine characteristics of his English descent, leaving him with only the savage propensities of one who plunders foreigners of their money and believes that the dollar is the Great First Cause of all his actions. From Punch, or the London Charivari, February 1, 1862
Unique Identifier
AR927182
Type
Image
Purpose
Public
Size
3687px × 5100px
Photo Credit
HIP / Art Resource, NY
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19th century
A Lincoln
ABRAHAM
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
AMERICA
American
American Indian
B&W
B/W
BANNER
Black & White
Black and white
Caricature
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DANCE
Engraving
Feather
feathers
FLAG
FLAGS
Headdress
Heritage Image Partnership
LINCOLN
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Male
Man
Men
Monochrome
NATIVE
Native American
New York herald
Newspaper
NINETEENTH CENTURY
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President
PRESIDENT OF USA
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Satire
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SHIPS
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stars and stripes
transport
TRANSPORTATION
UNITED STATES
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
usa
war dance
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water transport