by Marina Michael | Nov 30, 2021
THE CHINESE WALL This piece was created by Friedrich Graetz in approximately 1882. This drawing shows people of countless nationalities including African American and Italian. These people are then shown to be working together to construct a wall meant to...
by Natalie Tran | Nov 30, 2021
Illustrated by Harper’s Weekly, A Journal of Civilization, this piece portrays the events of The Haymarket Affair, also known as The Haymarket Riot. The illustration was created on May 15, 1886, days after the tragic event occurred on May 4th, 1886. The Haymarket Riot...
by Katrina Bonus | Apr 13, 2021
The following image recalls one of the first settlements of the New World during the early 1600s. Located in what is now Virginia, the Virginia Company settled in the area with a mission to fulfill King James I’s demands. Historian James horn notes, “The ‘main ends’...
by Alyssa Kajian | Nov 4, 2020
This political cartoon,((Keppler, Udo J., Artist. A trifle embarrassed / Keppler. , 1898. N.Y.: Published by Keppler & Schwarzmann, August 3. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2012647587/. )) titled “A Trifle Embarrassed,” was created by Udo J. Keppler 1891....
by Vincent Carrillo | Nov 4, 2020
The piece I chose is titled The Fall of Richmond, Virginia, on the Night of April 2nd, 1865. It was created in 1865 by Currier and Ives. The painting is a recreation that depicts one of the final moments in the history of the Civil War. The Confederate army...