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A new declaration of independence in the year 1885 / Gillam.

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A new declaration of independence in the year 1885 / Gillam.

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Illustration shows President Cleveland standing at a table, his right hand on a long document labeled "Declaration of Independence July 4th 1885" that trails off the table, stating "When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for a President to dissolve the political bands which the machinery of his party has imposed upon him, he must speak in unmistakable words..."; he is facing a group of men, one labeled "Tammany" and others labeled "Boss" and "Rural Boss", they are standing near a passageway labeled "Exit". Behind Cleveland are members of his cabinet, William C. Whitney, Daniel Manning, Augustus H. Garland, William F. Vilas, L.Q.C. Lamar, and Thomas F. Bayard who is holding a paper that states "The Cabinet 'Solid' on Reform". On the wall in the background is a painting showing the presentation of the "Declaration of Independence July 4th 1776".

Illus. from Puck, v. 17, no. 434, (1885 July 1), centerfold.
Copyright 1885 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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01/01/1885
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Gillam, Bernhard, 1856-1896, artist
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