The modern Cassandra / J.S. Pughe., Political Cartoon
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Illustration shows William II, German Emperor, pushing a statue of "Frederick the Great" seated on horseback, behind a female figure labeled "'Cassandra' Stephens" (representing Senator John Hall Stephens, who was concerned about the German Emperor's plans to install a statue of Frederick the Great in Washington, D.C.), who is approaching Uncle Sam sitting on the U.S. Capitol Building.
Illus. in: Puck, v. 51, no. 1323 (1902 July 9), centerfold.
Copyright 1902 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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