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A few pleasant recollections of the fifty-fourth Congress / J.S. Pughe.

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Print shows a large group of members of the Fifty-Fourth Congress, many dressed as Natives, some wearing grass skirts, most are armed with spears or clubs, some have shields, four are reading the "Reminiscences of John Sherman", one turns the crank on the spit where John Bull is being roasted, and Thomas B. Reed is standing on a platform on the left, a statue labeled "Jingoism" appears at center, and Grover Cleveland appears in effigy with several spears or arrows stuck in him, and Joseph G. Cannon is sitting on the floor on the right.

Alois Senefelder, the inventor of lithography, introduced the subject of colored lithography in 1818. Printers in other countries, such as France and England, were also started producing color prints. The first American chromolithograph—a portrait of Reverend F. W. P. Greenwood—was created by William Sharp in 1840. Chromolithographs became so popular in American culture that the era has been labeled as "chromo civilization". During the Victorian times, chromolithographs populated children's and fine arts publications, as well as advertising art, in trade cards, labels, and posters. They were also used for advertisements, popular prints, and medical or scientific books.

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chandler william e stewart william m recollections color hitt robert r allison william teller henry moore elkins stephen jones john p quay matthew stanley thomas brackett cleveland grover periodical illustrations legislators boutelle charles a reed thomas executions in effigy lodge henry cabot crisp charles f nationalism minor henry clay mccall samuel w dingley nelson hoar george frisbie cartoons commentary dance militarism morgan john tyler barrett w e congress gorman arthur p cummings amos j cannon joseph gurney john bull symbolic character fifty fourth chromolithographs pughe charles addison william boyd robert roberts amos jay william emerson charles frederick william eaton william morris samuel walker stephen benton john percival arthur pue political cartoons vintage images prints 19th century us presidents statue united states history library of congress cleveland ohio
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01/01/1896
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Pughe, J. S. (John S.), 1870-1909, artist
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Chromolithograph is printed by multiple applications of lithographic stones, each using a different color ink.
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Library of Congress
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chandler william e stewart william m recollections color hitt robert r allison william teller henry moore elkins stephen jones john p quay matthew stanley thomas brackett cleveland grover periodical illustrations legislators boutelle charles a reed thomas executions in effigy lodge henry cabot crisp charles f nationalism minor henry clay mccall samuel w dingley nelson hoar george frisbie cartoons commentary dance militarism morgan john tyler barrett w e congress gorman arthur p cummings amos j cannon joseph gurney john bull symbolic character fifty fourth chromolithographs pughe charles addison william boyd robert roberts amos jay william emerson charles frederick william eaton william morris samuel walker stephen benton john percival arthur pue political cartoons vintage images prints 19th century us presidents statue united states history library of congress cleveland ohio