They are away off the track / Dalrymple.

Similar

They are away off the track / Dalrymple.

description

Summary

Print shows many presidential hopefuls labeled "Davis, Tillman, Chandler, Lodge, Quay, Frye, Wolcutt, Turpie, Hoar, Morgan, [and] Hill" wading through a swamp labeled "Financial Buncombe, Jingoism, Blunders, Demagogism, [and] Brag", chasing a glowing chair with wings labeled "Presidency". Puck, standing on the side of "Statesmanship Highway", tells them they are taking the wrong way to the White House.

Caption: Puck My short-sighted friends, none of you will ever reach the White House by that road!
Illus. from Puck, v. 39, no. 991, (1896 March 4), 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.

date_range

Date

01/01/1896
person

Contributors

Dalrymple, Louis, 1866-1905, artist
create

Source

Library of Congress
copyright

Copyright info

No known restrictions on publication.

Explore more

chandler william e
chandler william e