Image of a memorial collage of images and vignettes in remembrance of United States President James A. Garfield; portraits of Garfield, his wife, his mother, and his five children are interspersed with vignettes depicting scenes from his life and career as a military general and politician (with captions). "Mayer, Merkel & Ottmann. Lith. 21-25 Warren St. N.Y."--text, bottom right margin.
"J.W. Sheehy & Co. Publishers, 33, Barclay Street New York."--text, bottom center margin.
"Derivation of our martyr's name. Garfield--local. Saxon, German, to prepare. German and Dutch, GAR, dressed, ready, prepared. And FIELD, a place where everything is finished necessary for an army."--text, bottom left margin.
"His life was gentle, and the elements So mixed in him that nature might stand up And say to all the world 'This was a man!'"--text, bottom right margin.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 70.8 x 55.72 cm (27 7/8 x 21 15/16 in.)
Battlefields--Pictorial works Battles--Pictorial works Children--Pictorial works Deathbeds--Pictorial works Families--Pictorial works Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881--Pictorial works Generals--United States--Pictorial works Mothers--Pictorial works Women--Pictorial works Lithographs--Color--1875-1900. (gmgpc)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection Politics & Social Issues Large Size The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library
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