Political Cartoon Analysis: Joseph E. Baker

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Analysis Part 1:
The political cartoon I picked was created by Joseph E. Baker an American artist.He was born in 1837 in Maine. He was an apprentice at first for John H. Buford lithography. Though after Buford death in 1970, Joseph Baker worked for Forbes & Company, where he made playbills and advertisement. Through his life he created several works during the civil war. He was most remembered for his work of Abraham Lincoln..
Analysis Part 2:
In history the Union had won the war and now it was time for the President and Vice President to "stitch" back the divided states into one big uniform union. The two men being depicted in the picture can be interpreted by the viewer as two different ways of in repairing the Union. Vice president Andrew