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Italian political cartoon shows Otto von Bismarck standing on the left with his arms spread wide and draped with a cape to obscure the view of statues in the "Salon Delle Republiche" gallery at a museum. Proceeding from the right in a line are six women labeled (from left to right) "Russia", "Germania", "Austria", "Italia", "Spagna", and "Grecia"; they pass statues labeled "Monarchia", "Feudalismo", and "Dispotismo". Bismarck tells the women not to look at the "democratiche" gallery because the statues will make them blush with shame.
Signed on stone in lower right corner.
Left side caption (Italian): Il Signor Tutore Tedesco Mie care, non guardate in questa sala! Vi sono delle statue democratiche, che ci fanno arrossire... di vergogna.
Right side caption (French): Monsieur le Tuteur Allemand Mes chères, ne regardez pas dans cette salle! Il y a des statues libérales qui nous font rougir... de honte.
Illus. from: Le perroquet, journal politique charivarique illustré colorié, 7me année dimanche 9 Mars 1879, n. 10 ; Supplemento al Papagallo, n. 10, anno VII.
Stamped on verso: Venie Abonnement / J. Baudet / Libraire Edr. Commissionnaire / 27 Rue St. Placide, Paris.
Letterpress newsprint of title page and back page printed on verso.
Forms part of: Popular graphic art print filing series (Library of Congress).
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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