The Spirit of the Union
Currier & Ives, American, 1857 - 1907
1860
Hand-colored lithograph on wove paper
Image: 11 1/8 × 8 3/4 in. (28.3 × 22.3 cm)
Sheet: 14 5/8 × 11 in. (37.1 × 28 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College
2006.23.3
Publisher
Currier & Ives, New York
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Inscribed, on stone, lower left margin: PUBLISHED BY CURRIER & IVES.; inscribed, on stone, lower center margin: Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1860, by E. Dechaux, in the Clerk's Office of the United States, for the Southern District of New York.; inscribed, on stone, lower right margin: 152 NASSAU ST. NEW YORK.; inscribed, on stone, lower center: THE SPIRIT OF THE UNION. / Lo! on high the glorious form, / of WASHINGTON lights all the gloom: / And words of warning seem to come, / From out the portal of his tomb. / Americans your fathers shed; / Their blood to rear the UNIONS fane, Then let your blood as free be given, / The bond of UNION to maintain;
Provenance
Dick's House, Dartmouth College; transferred to present colllection, 2006.
Catalogue Raisonne
Conningham (1949): 5655; Gale Research (1983): 6057
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