Why don't you take it?

Why don't you take it?

Item Information

Title:
Why don't you take it?
Description:
A bulldog (Gen. Winfield Scott) wearing a collar inscribed "Old General" guarding kegs of beans, messpork, bags of money, a cannon barrel, and a flag while a greyhound (Jefferson Davis) wearing a collar inscribed "Jeff" guards bales of cotton. Between them is a piece of beef inscribed "Washington."
Date:
1861
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Political cartoons
Lithographs
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Civil War & Reconstruction, Cartoon & caricature [1861-1876] (shelf locator)
Collection (local):
Americana Collection
Subjects:
Dogs
Food
Barrels
Presidents
Generals
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889
Scott, Winfield, 1786-1866
Extent:
1 print : lithograph ; 11 x 16 3/4 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/9880w915n
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Language:
English
Notes:
Title from item.
Summary from: Boston Athenaeum.
Accession #:
11_03_000093