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The great congressional tramp bullying the old women of the national household / Gillam.
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Print shows George M. Robeson shabbily dressed as a tramp, standing in a doorway; Joseph W. Keifer, as a small dog with a cap labeled "Speaker" tied to its tail, stands behind Robeson, and on the floor at his feet is a broken plate labeled "Appropriatons $182,496,018 Administration 1868-76"; he carries a club labeled "Repn. Leadership" and branded on palm of his left hand is the word "More". His appearance in the doorway frightens the "Old Women" of Congress who were gathered around a table, drinking tea. Depicted wearing women's dress are William Windom standing behind the door labeled "Congress", John P. Jones spilling a pot of tea, John Sherman fainting, John A. Logan labeled "306" and supporting Sherman, James D. Cameron also labeled "306", Frank Hiscock, George F. Edmunds, David Davis eating an "Independ Plum", Benjamin W. Harris and Abram S. Hewitt locking the "Appropriations Pantry", and William P. Frye hiding behind a chair. Uncle Sam and Puck appear at far left, running toward the building.
Illus. from Puck, v. 11, no. 279, (1882 July 12), centerfold.
Copyright 1882 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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