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ID: 700008624
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008624
Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1
Battle of Bull's Run (lithograph; Pfott, A., lithographer; 1861; 2008661781; PC/US - 1861.P468, no. 1 (B size) [P&P])
Note: Cartoon print shows Union troops after the Battle of Bull Run during the Civil War from the point of view of a copperhead, that is, a northern Democrat supporting Confederate troops. The image is keyed to eighteen points in the image: Beauregard's headquarters, Jefferson Davis' headquarters, Johnston's headquarters, Elzy's Maryland battery, General McDowell, General Tyler, The Bull's Run, Fire Zouaves, New York 19th Regiment, Sherman's battery, Ely member of Congress, barricade for member of Congress, Lovejoy & Company, Ladies as spectators, Riddle Brown & Company, Blenker's Brigade, Senator Wilson, and the U.S. Dragoon. Includes numbered key.
Titles:
Battle of Bull's Run (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)
Catalog Level: item
Work Types:
lithograph [300041379] (preferred)
..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, prints (visual works), <prints by process or technique>, <prints by process: transfer method>, planographic prints)
political cartoon [300123224]
..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by function>, cartoons (humorous images))

Classifications:
prints (preferred)

Creation Date: 1861

Creator Display:
Pfott, A., lithographer [preferred,VP]
printmaker Pfott, A. (American lithographer, 19th century) [500372589]
Locations:
Current: Term Not Found (ULAN Candidate) (Corp. Body)
Repository Numbers: 2008661781; PC/US - 1861.P468, no. 1 (B size) [P&P]
Credit Line: Forms part of: American cartoon print filing series (Library of Congress)
Display Materials: 1 print : lithograph
lithography [300053271]
.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <image-making processes and techniques>, <printing and printing processes and techniques>, printing processes, planographic printing processes)
paper (fiber product) [300014109]
.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, <fiber by product>)

Dimensions: 35.6 x 48.9 cm (sheet)
Cultures:
American (preferred)

General Subject:
history and legend (preferred)

Specific Subjects:
First Battle of Bull Run [901000028]
.....((American Civil War, United States history, North and South American history, Named Events)) (ICON)
satire (literary genre) [300251297]
.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), <concepts in the arts and humanities>, <genres in literature and performing arts>, <genres for literature>) (AAT)
soldiers [300185678]
.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by occupation>, <people in military occupations>) (AAT)
battlefield [300000835]
.....(Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Built Complexes and Districts (hierarchy name), complexes (buildings and sites), <complexes by function>, sites (locations)) (AAT)

Inscriptions: Signature: Lith. fr[?] A. Pfott.; and title in plate, various other inscriptions. Exhibited: "With Malice Toward None : The Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Exhibition" at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 2009.
List/Hierarchical Position:
..... Movable Works
.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media
Sources and Contributors:
Battle of Bull's Run........ [VP]
........ LC Prints & Photographs Online Catalog (PPOC) (2000-)
Subject: ....... [VP]
....................... LC Prints & Photographs Online Catalog (PPOC) (2000-) https://lccn.loc.gov/2008661781
Note:
English ..... [VP]
..... LC Prints & Photographs Online Catalog (PPOC) (2000-)
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