Shylock's bad bargain / Gillam., Political Cartoon
Summary
Illustration shows Jay Gould as Shakespeare's Shylock from the Merchant of Venice, racing past the Doges' Palace in the Piazzetta di San Marco in Venice, being hounded by several men labeled "German Vote, Merchants Cleveland Club, Independent, Banker, Irish Vote" and Labor; on the Palace, above, is a bust of Grover Cleveland and a sign that states "Cleveland. Elected by the Independents in spite of 'Republican Soap' and Democratic Treachery in N.Y. City". Gould has his arms raised overhead, carrying a cane in one hand and a paper that states "Bond for one pound of Uncle Sam's Flesh, Signed by J.G. Blaine" in the other. Puck, carrying his lithographic pen, runs alongside him.
Caption: "Thou stick'st a dagger in me - I shall never see my gold again!" [Merchant of Venice, Act III, Scene I].
Illus. from Puck, v. 16, no. 401, (1884 November 12), 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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