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Illustration shows Otto von Bismarck standing in the middle of a seesaw that is resting on the back of "Turkey" who is being refreshed with "English Salts" by John Bull, a carpet bag at his feet filled with papers labeled "Naval Supremacy, Egyptian Bonds, [and] Indian Trade". Sitting on the left of the seesaw are "Montenegro, Russia, Roumania [sic], [and] Bulgaria", and sitting on the right are "Herzegovina", an unidentified figure holding a rifle and wearing a turban, "Servia [sic], [and] Austria", who are holding onto another unidentified figure, possibly Greece.
Caption: Bismarck keeps the balance, and the Turk pays the freight.
Illus. from Puck, v. 18, no. 464, (1886 January 27), centerfold.
Copyright 1886 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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