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A flag the Independents will fight under / J. Keppler.
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Illustration shows the Puck figure for the "Independent" party standing on a raised platform, hoisting a flag that states "For President G. Cleveland" showing a portrait of Grover Cleveland, and a female figure labeled "Democratic Party" gesturing toward the flag, at the Democratic National Convention, Chicago, Illinois. In the foreground, Benjamin F. Butler, dressed as a clown, and John Kelly, dressed as a Native American, are crying. Extending from Butler's pocket is a string of sausages labeled "Tammany's Nomination, Women's Suffrage Nomination, Tewkesbury Pauper Nomination, Convict Party Nomination, Greenback Nomination, [and] Butler's Nomination"; Kelly is labeled "Tammany" and carries a peace pipe labeled "Grady". In the background, the disappointed Tammany delegation has gathered up their signs and is departing.
Caption: When party lifts a flag like this on high, small wonder clowns and demagogues should cry.
Illus. from Puck, v. 15, no. 384, (1884 July 16), centerfold.
Copyright 1884 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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