Der "Bugaboo" im Congress - Public domain portrait drawing
Summary
Illustration shows a large ape labeled "Irish Vote" sitting on a large ballot box, holding a shillelagh, and being pumped-up by a bellows labeled "Demagogery" manipulated by Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa and others, behind them stands James G. Blaine with a copy of "Irish World" in his pocket, and kneeling nearby is John Kelly. A crowd of congressmen are supplicating themselves to the "Irish Vote", among them are John Sherman, John A. Logan, and George F. Edmunds.
United States, 1885
Prints; lithographs
Color lithograph
Gift of Mrs. Irene Salinger in memory of her father, Adolph Stern (54.70.29.13)
Prints and Drawings
Tags
Date
1885
Source
LACMA
Copyright info
public domain