Much ado about nothing, or, A militia court-martial!!.
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- Title
- Much ado about nothing, or, A militia court-martial!!.
- Alternate Title
- Much ado about nothing
- Militia court-martial
- Date
- [1833?]
- Notes
- A satire on the pretensions and general decadence of the American local militia during the Jacksonian era. A man on a witness stand (far left) is questioned by a court-martial, which consists of several officers sitting around a table, some talking, others dozing. On the wall behind the table is a shelf holding gigantic military hats and a large sword inscribed with the motto "Ducit Amor Patriae." At the far right two African American men converse: "Cuff who dat fat ossifer?" "I don't know percicely--but I guess it mus be Col Pluck or some sich great man." A fat officer sits in a chair at left with a list of witnesses. In his back pocket is a pamphlet "Trial of Col. Pluck." Two of his fellow officers question the defendant.
- Possibly related to the courts martial of Colonel Jonathan Pluck (1825) and Peter Albright (1833), both of the 84th Pennsylvania militia.
- Drawn by David Claypoole Johnston.
- Names and Subjects
- Militias--1830-1840.
- Caricatures and cartoons--United States.
- Prints shelf.
- Johnston, David Claypoole,--1799-1865,--artist.
- United States--Massachusetts--Boston.
- ID
- 247
- Barcode
- B6537490
- Physical Description
- 1 print : lithograph ; image 20.9 x 27.8 cm., on sheet 27.9 x 37.4 cm.
- Repository
- William L. Clements Library
- Date Added/Updated
- 2016-01-06 00:15:33
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- William L. Clements Library Image Bank
- Image Size
- 5149 x 3359
- File Size
- 2 MB
- Record
- 247
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/w/wcl1ic/x-247/wcl000320
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"Much ado about nothing, or, A militia court-martial!!.". https://quod.lib.umich.edu/w/wcl1ic/x-247/wcl000320. In the digital collection William L. Clements Library Image Bank. William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. May 05, 2024.