Another restorer of antiquities à la Cesnola / Gillam.
Print shows Charles A. Dana as an archaeologist who has just excavated a statue labeled "S.J.T." and "Buried in 1876" from "Greystone", behind which Henry Watterson, on the left, and John Kelly, on the right, g... More
Another bombardment - the newspaper fleet firing on the Bedouins in Wa...
Print shows newspaper editors Charles A. Dana, James G. Bennett, Carl Schurz, Henry Watterson, George W. Curtis, and Whitelaw Reid, as well as Puck, with a fleet of paper gunboats labeled "N.Y. Times, N.Y. Sun,... More
Our national dog-show / Gillam., Political Cartoon
Illustration shows a dog show where a variety of breeds are competing; in the upper left corner, labeled the "Judges' Stand" are several newspaper editors, among them are James Gordon Bennett (N.Y. Herald), Whi... More
Who killed Hancock? / Gillam. - Political cartoon, public domain image
Print shows the ghost of Winfield Scott Hancock sitting on a throne in a banquet hall, Samuel J. Tilden pushes a frightened Charles A. Dana, as Macbeth, toward Hancock, Dana makes wild statements while waving a... More
"Evacuation day" March 4th, 1885 - a Democratic dream / Gillam. Joseph...
Print shows the Republican Party, laying down their arms, lead by Chester A. Arthur, with George M. Robeson, James G. Blaine, Roscoe Conkling, Whitelaw Reid, Carl Schurz, John Sherman, Charles J. Folger, Robert... More
Blundering again! / Gillam., Washington, D.C., Political Cartoon
Print shows a group of Democrats on a log raft that is breaking up within sight of land, with two logs labeled "New Jersey [and] New York" coming loose and drifting away; there is a small sail labeled "Democra[... More
The Democratic smithy - odd shoes for the mule / Gillam. Joseph Pulitz...
Illustration shows the interior of a blacksmith's shop where Samuel Randall, Abram Hewitt, and Benjamin Butler are putting oversized shoes labeled "Protection, Free Trade, [and] Incidental Tariff" on a mule lab... More
The death-watch - the execution postponed / F. Opper.
Print shows a woman labeled "Republican Party" in the "Condemned Cell" labeled "To Be Executed Nov. 6th 1883" of a jail, with Charles A. Dana labeled "Jailor" and Henry Watterson labeled "Turnkey"; Watterson lo... More
The greatest show on earth - "who can ride the mule?" / J. Keppler.
Illustration shows a circus performance under the big top with Uncle Sam as ringmaster for a show with a bucking bronco or donkey labeled "Tariff Question"; the donkey has already thrown one man labeled "Democr... More
A new way of "waking" the Democratic shaughraun / Gillam.
Print shows a small, rustic room crowded with members of the Democratic Party, some dressed as old women, others drinking and smoking clay pipes; one man, the "Shaughraun" labeled "Democratic Party" is lying on... More
Persuasive nymphs trying to lure the coy faun into the presidential wa...
Print shows Thomas A. Hendricks, Abram S. Hewitt, Charles A. Dana, and Henry Watterson as nymphs in women's clothing attempting to coax Samuel J. Tilden as a faun into water labeled "Presidential Waters"; alrea... More
Still waiting / F. Opper. - Political cartoon, public domain image
Print shows several men with brooms and shovels locked outside a fence with a large, spiked gate labeled "Civil Service Reform", among them are Thomas F. Bayard, Samuel J. Tilden, Henry Watterson, Charles A. Da... More
The transfusion of blood - may the operation prove a success! / J. Kep...
Illustration shows Puck standing next to the symbolic figure labeled "Independent" who is undergoing a blood transfusion with an old man labeled "Democracy" sitting in a chair; among the men depicted observing ... More
Theodore Roosevelt - Bottom's dream, Political Cartoon
Illustration shows Puck's stereotypical Irishman labeled "Democracy" in the role of "Bottom" from Shakespeare's "Midsummer Night's Dream", with Puck holding the head of an ass above him. He is holding a paper t... More
A moment of anxiety - who is going to get left? / Gillam.
Illustration shows President Cleveland as Santa Claus standing in front of a fireplace where stockings are hung from the mantle; he has a large sack of toys labeled "Navy, Treasury, Interior, Justice, State, [a... More
Building the ark / Gillam. - Political cartoon, public domain image
Illustration shows Republican revelers in the foreground making music as they pass a reform ark being constructed in the background. Depicted are John Sherman playing pipes labeled "Southern Outrages", John Log... More
Blundering in a perilous position / Gillam.
Illustration shows a camel that has collasped under the weight of it's burden labeled "Amendments" and Samuel J. Randall who is riding on top; concerned travelers include John Kelly, Samuel J. Tilden, Henry Wat... More
The true inwardness of the Tilden boom - the democratic tribes clamor ...
Illustration shows Samuel J. Tilden as Moses with two rays of light emitting from his forehead, standing with his back to a mountainside where some rocks look like barrels labeled with "$", and a sign that stat... More
The national dime-museum - will be run during the presidential campaig...
Illustration shows a gallery of presidential candidates, clockwise, from bottom left: John Kelly as a card-playing pig, Chester A. Arthur as "The Snake Charmer" charming a snake labeled "Stalwart Vote" with a h... More
The "press view" at the candidate show / Dalrymple. Joseph Pulitzer
Print shows a gallery where many presidential candidates are on display for the press; among the candidates are Jerry Simpson, William A. Peffer, Robert E. Pattison, David B. Hill, James E. Campbell, William C.... More
"Consistency, thou art a jewel!" / Dalrymple.
Illustration shows two views of William Jennings Bryan sitting at a desk working on his campaign principles; the lower scene shows Bryan preparing for the 1896 presidential election, to the right are Carl Schur... More
A hint to the Democratic platform makers / Keppler.
Illustration shows several men identified by last name "Hill, Jones, Olney, Clark, Bailey, Shepard, Watterson, [and] Lamont" carrying planks of lumber which are identified as Democratic policies from previous e... More
"Keb, Lady?" / J.S. Pughe. - Political cartoon, public domain image
Illustration shows an elderly woman labeled "Democracy" standing next to a trunk labeled "Old Issues" and with a tag that states "To the White House"; standing at the curb are several cab drivers labeled "Parke... More
The rival pulpiteers / Keppler., Political Cartoon
Illustration shows the Democratic Donkey as a woman sitting in a pew in a church with William Jennings Bryan preaching "Jeffersonian Simplicity" from a pulpit, on the right are Alton B. Parker, Henry Watterson,... More
If Moses came down to-day / Kep.
Illustration shows an angry mob of capitalists, businessmen, and politicians, some shaking their fists at Moses, who is standing on the left holding a tablet with "The Ten Commandments". Caption: Chorus of "Co... More
The charmer / Keppler. Joseph Pulitzer, Political Cartoon
Illustration shows William Jennings Bryan as Orpheus singing and playing a lyre labeled "Harmony", attracting a motley group of wild animals identified as: G. Gray, Kern, Folk, Gompers, McCarren, Mitchell, Hear... More
The rival salvationists / Keppler., Political Cartoon
Illustration shows an annoyed Uncle Sam sitting against a full moon with his hands over his ears, caught between the noise of the "G.O.P. Salvation Army" with William H. Taft on the bass drum and James S. Sherm... More
The return of the scouts / Keppler.
Illustration shows Moses C. Wetmore and Norman E. Mack carrying a shoulder pole labeled "For Contributions" from which hangs a tiny bag, they explain to William Jennings Bryan, as Moses, seated with Henry Watte... More
The return of the dove to the ark / K.
Illustration shows an ark labeled "Democratic Principles" aground in the receding waters of the flood near a landscape labeled "Republican Power"; the ark is full of democrats labeled "Wilson, Parker, Watterson... More
The great American bull-fight / Kep.
Illustration shows a bullfight with Theodore Roosevelt as the bull surrounded by picadors and banderilleros labeled "La Follette, Root, Taft, Sherman, Bryan, Watterson, [and] Crane", and William Barnes, who is ... More
"And the waters were divided" / Kep.
Illustration shows Woodrow Wilson, as Moses, standing on a rock with left arm raised, at the parting of the seas labeled "Republican Split" through which a horde of Democrats labeled "Marshall, M'Combs, Bryan, ... More
Representative journals & journalists of America
Print shows portraits of journalists and their newspapers, top row, from left: Joseph R. Hawley of the "Hartford Courant", Oswald Ottendorfer of the "New-Yorker Staats-Beitung", Whitelaw Reid of the "New-York T... More
Representative journals & journalists of America
Print shows portraits of journalists and their newspapers, top row, from left: Joseph R. Hawley of the "Hartford Courant", Oswald Ottendorfer of the "New-Yorker Staats-Beitung", Whitelaw Reid of the "New-York T... More