["Tammany Hall is going to the inauguration." News. They can't help themselves]

Tammany boss Honest John Kelly leads a parade of men who carry a banner that reads, "Tammany Hall. 'This Is Our Funeral'." Kelly leans on a cane and wears a shoulder sling for an injured arm. One eye is covered with a patch. The crowd waves their hats at the Tammany Hall crew.
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Signed, lower right: Th: Na[st].
The far right margin of the drawing is torn off.
Title from Harper's weekly.
Bequest and gift; Caroline and Erwin Swann; 1977; (DLC/PP-1977:215.233)
In 1884, Tammany Hall, led by Boss "Honest John" Kelly, vehemently opposed the nomination and eventual candidacy of New York Governor Grover Cleveland for the presidency of the United States. Although both belonged to the Democratic Party, Kelly deeply resented Cleveland's lack of patronage to Tammany Hall during his tenure as Governor. Cleveland promised if elected, to clean up the corruption that ruled New York politics, and Kelly feared it would end Tammany's and his rule.
Published in: Harper's Weekly, February 21, 1885; Th. Nast; His Period and his Pictures / by Albert Bigelow Paine. New York: Macmillan Co., 1904.
Exhibit loan 4207-L.