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Print shows a scene at dueling grounds in a wooded area where a duel has taken place between a tattered buccaneer labeled "Spain" and "Medievalism" and Uncle Sam who is holding a sword labeled "19th century Enlightenment", on the ground between them is a broken sword labeled "Misrule". Two figures, possibly acting as seconds, one labeled "Austria" (Franz Joseph I) and the other representing Germany (William II), are supporting "Spain" between them, and a man carrying a doctors bag labeled "France" is rushing from behind to attend to the wounded man. John Bull and "Japan" (Meiji) are standing behind Uncle Sam.
Caption: Uncle Sam By Jingo! I'm sorry for the poor fellow; but he made me do it.
Illus. from Puck, v. 43, no. 1108, (1898 June 1), centerfold.
Copyright 1898 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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