"The Kaisesr's coat" / Ehrhart., Political Cartoon
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Print shows William II, the German Emperor, sitting on horseback before an effigy mounted on a pole with a "Notice" that states "All civilians must bow before those who wear the Kaiser's coat"; there are a group of officers around him and a long line of citizens who are bowing before them.
An edifying state of things in one of the most enlightened nations of the world.
Illus. from Puck, v. 40, no. 1032, (1896 December 16), centerfold.
Copyright 1896 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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