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![The political situation. [n. p. n. d.].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTUvMTEvMjUvdGhlLXBvbGl0aWNhbC1zaXR1YXRpb24tbi1wLW4tZC02NDAuanBn/40/69/webp "The political situation. [n. p. n. d.].")
A desperate case of political dipsomania / Kep.
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Print shows a drunken man sitting in a chair with jugs and bottles labeled "Repudiation Gin, Free Silver Rum, Tillman's Firewater, Populist Whiskey, [and] Altgeld's Fizz" on the floor next to the chair, his rumpled hat labeled "Democratic Party" hangs off the back of the chair. Puck has approached from the left and recommends that he take the "Gold Cure"; standing on the left is a group of "eminent physicians" labeled "Harrity, Carlisle, Vilas, Whitney, [and] Russell", and one unidentified man.
Caption: Dr. Puck My unfortunate friend, we eminent physicians have held a consultation, and have decided that nothing will save you but an immediate and thorough application of the Gold Cure.
Illus. from Puck, v. 39, no. 1008, (1896 July 1), centerfold.
Copyright 1896 by Keppler & Schwarzmann.
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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