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A great past and a pitiful present / Gillam.

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Illustration shows Whitelaw Reid, John Sherman, George F. Hoar, and John Logan lifting Uncle Sam above a swamp filled with several faces of corruption labeled "Blainism, Robesonism, Mahone Repudiation, Land Grab, Whiskey Ring, Rotten Ships, Pension Swindle, Fraud 1876, Star Routers, Salary Grab, Army Ring, [and] Sectional Issue" with Reid gesturing toward a statue in the upper left that shows General Robert E. Lee surrendering to General Ulysses S. Grant and Admiral David G. Farragut at the base of a statue showing Abraham Lincoln issuing the Emancipation Proclamation and a slave freed from bondage.

Caption: Uncle Sam "It's no use lifting me up to look at your monumental record, gentlemen; what can you give me to stand on now!"

Illus. from Puck, v. 18, no. 451, (1885 October 28), centerfold.

Copyright 1885 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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lincoln abraham farragut david glasgow grant ulysses s lee robert e reid whitelaw hoar george frisbie sherman john logan john alexander mahone william robeson george m george maxwell blaine james gillespie uncle sam symbolic character sectionalism united states corruption wetlands bloody shirt government officials cartoons commentary chromolithographs color periodical illustrations gillam ulysses simpson grant abraham lincoln emancipation proclamation political cartoons vintage images race relations slavery slaves 19th century images of uncle sam black history robert e lee ulysses simpson robert edward bernhard gillam print ultra high resolution high resolution president ulysses s grant ulysses grant navy statue library of congress vintage ads
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01/01/1885
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Gillam, Bernhard, 1856-1896, artist
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Chromolithograph is printed by multiple applications of lithographic stones, each using a different color ink.
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lincoln abraham farragut david glasgow grant ulysses s lee robert e reid whitelaw hoar george frisbie sherman john logan john alexander mahone william robeson george m george maxwell blaine james gillespie uncle sam symbolic character sectionalism united states corruption wetlands bloody shirt government officials cartoons commentary chromolithographs color periodical illustrations gillam ulysses simpson grant abraham lincoln emancipation proclamation political cartoons vintage images race relations slavery slaves 19th century images of uncle sam black history robert e lee ulysses simpson robert edward bernhard gillam print ultra high resolution high resolution president ulysses s grant ulysses grant navy statue library of congress vintage ads