Photo of Puck,Hyenas at Work,1882,Gillam,Garfield,Newspapers,Corruption,New York
Title: Hyenas at work / Gillam.
Creator(s): Gillam, Bernhard, 1856-1896, artist
Date Created/Published: N.Y. : Published by Keppler & Schwarzmann, 1882 March 22.
Summary: Print shows a pack of hyenas labeled 'N.Y. Commercial, N.Y. Sun, N.Y. Herald, Washtn. Post, The Rosecrans Letters, [and] 306' crowded around a sepulchral monument to James A. Garfield labeled 'Fame'; those hyenas labeled '306' are pulling on a rope that spells 'Slander' tied to the top of the monument, a lightning bolt labeled 'Public Contempt' has severed the rope, spilling the hyenas into an abyss labeled 'Oblivion'. The number '306' represents the number of delegates who supported Ulysses S. Grant for a third term at the 1880 Republican Convention.
Notes:
Title from item.
Illus. from Puck, v. 11, no. 263, (1882 March 22), cover.
Copyright 1882 by Keppler & Schwarzmann.
Subjects:
Garfield, James A.--(James Abram),--1831-1881--Monuments.
Hyenas--1880-1890.
Newspapers--1880-1890.
Corruption--1880-1890.
Tombs & sepulchral monuments--1880-1890.
Public opinion--1880-1890.
Abyss--1880-1890.
Cartoons (Commentary)--1880-1890.
Chromolithographs--Color--1880-1890.
Magazine covers--1880-1890.
Periodical illustrations--1880-1890.
Bookmark /2012645632/
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