Arguments of the Chivalry
Signed with monogram:
WH [Winslow Homer]
Arguments of the Chivalry.
Boston: John H. Bufford, 1856
Lithograph on wove paper
Prints & Photographs Division
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This dramatic print shows a violent incident that
occurred in Congress on May 22, 1856, which inflamed sectional
passion. The artist recreates the severe beating of Massachusetts
Senator Charles Sumner by Representative Preston S. Brooks of
South Carolina. Brooks (right) is standing over Sumner
(seated), and Rep. Lawrence M. Keitt stands (center)
raising his cane against possible intervention, while holding
a pistol. In the foreground are Georgia Senator Robert Toombs
(far left with hat) and Illinois Senator Stephen A Douglas
(hands in pockets), looking vindicated by the event.
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