Political Still Life

Artist Frederick Gutekunst (American, 1831 - 1917)

Dateca. 1865

MediumAlbumen carte-de-visite

DimensionsImage and sheet: 3 1/2 × 2 1/4 inches (8.89 × 5.72 cm)
Mount: 4 × 2 7/16 inches (10.16 × 6.19 cm)

Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Object number2005.27.266

SignedPrinted on mount verso, center, in black: "F. GUTEKUNST / Photographer, / 704 & 706 Arch. St. / PHILADA."

Inscribednone

MarkingsOn mount verso, verso, top, in pencil: "12595-L"

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DescriptionImage of a "devil" figure - bearded faun with horns and wings wearing a sash and holding a pitchfork in his left hand. A series of male portraits are displayed on a post in front of the figure and he holds a makeshift gallows with a small figure hanging beneath an early Confederate flag.

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