The Civil War in Art : Teaching & Learning Through Chicago Collections

Antislavery Picnic at Weymouth Landing, Massachusetts

1845
Susan Torrey Merritt
The Art Institute of Chicago

Tags: abolition, African Americans, Causes of the War, children, family, flag, freedom, genre scenes, landscapes, paintings, politics, pre-war, Slavery and Abolition, women

Frederick Douglass

1847/52
Samuel J. Miller
The Art Institute of Chicago

Tags: abolition, African Americans, Causes of the War, freedom, photographs, politics, portraits, pre-war, slavery, Slavery and Abolition

The Promised Land—The Grayson Family

1850
William S. Jewett
Terra Foundation for American Art

Tags: Causes of the War, children, family, landscapes, paintings, portraits, pre-war, Westward Expansion, women

America

1850/54
Hiram Powers
The Art Institute of Chicago

Tags: Causes of the War, Classical, flag, politics, pre-war, sculptures, Westward Expansion, women

The Fugitives are Safe in a Free Land

1852
Hammatt Billings
The Newberry Library

Tags: African Americans, Causes of the War, children, escape, family, freedom, illustrations, literature, slavery, Slavery and Abolition, women

The Auction Sale

1852
Hammatt Billings
The Newberry Library

Tags: African Americans, Causes of the War, family, illustrations, literature, pre-war, slavery, Slavery and Abolition, women

Eliza's Flight: A Scene from Uncle Tom's Cabin

1852
Unknown Artist
The Newberry Library

Tags: abolition, African Americans, Causes of the War, children, escape, family, freedom, illustrations, literature, pre-war, slavery, Slavery and Abolition, women

Daniel Webster

1853
Thomas Ball
The Art Institute of Chicago

Tags: Causes of the War, Classical, politics, portraits, pre-war, sculptures, Westward Expansion

After the Sale: Slaves Going South from Richmond

1853
Eyre Crowe
Chicago History Museum

Tags: African Americans, Causes of the War, children, city, family, paintings, pre-war, slavery, Slavery and Abolition, women

Cotton Pressing in Louisiana

April 12, 1856
A. Hill
Chicago History Museum

Tags: African Americans, Causes of the War, cotton, illustrations, newspapers and magazines, pre-war, prints, slavery, Slavery and Abolition

Portraits of Mrs. John A. Logan and Dollie Logan

c. 1858-1864
John Alexander Logan
Chicago History Museum

Tags: children, family, generals, photographs, portraits, soldiers, The Northern Homefront, Union, women

Lincoln Portrait

1859
Samuel Fassett
The Newberry Library

Tags: Chicago, Illinois, Lincoln, Lincoln portraits, photographs, politics, portraits

The Harper's Ferry Insurrection [John Brown, Now Under Sentence of Death for Treason and Murder, at Charleston, VA.]

November 19, 1859
Martin M. Lawrence (Photographer)
The Newberry Library

Tags: abolition, battles, Causes of the War, freedom, illustrations, newspapers and magazines, photographs, portraits, prints, slavery, Slavery and Abolition

Republican Standard Bearers Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin

1860
Newton Briggs (Photographer)
The Newberry Library

Tags: Causes of the War, Illinois, Lincoln, photographs, politics, pre-war, prints, The Election of 1860 and Secession

Abraham Lincoln, Sixteenth President of the United States

1860
Currier and Ives
Chicago Public Library

Tags: Lincoln, Lincoln portraits, photographs, politics, portraits, pre-war, prints, Union

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