Photo of Puck,Shylock's bad bargain,1884,Gillam,Jay Gould,Grover Cleveland

Title: Shylock's bad bargain / Gillam.
Creator(s): Gillam, Bernhard, 1856-1896, artist
Date Created/Published: N.Y. : Published by Keppler & Schwarzmann, 1884 November 12.
Summary: Illustration shows Jay Gould as Shakespeare's Shylock from the Merchant of Venice, racing past the Doges' Palace in the Piazzetta di San Marco in Venice, being hounded by several men labeled 'German Vote, Merchants Cleveland Club, Independent, Banker, Irish Vote' and Labor; on the Palace, above, is a bust of Grover Cleveland and a sign that states 'Cleveland. Elected by the Independents in spite of 'Republican Soap' and Democratic Treachery in N.Y. City'. Gould has his arms raised overhead, carrying a cane in one hand and a paper that states 'Bond for one pound of Uncle Sam's Flesh, Signed by J.G. Blaine' in the other. Puck, carrying his lithographic pen, runs alongside him.
Notes:
Title from item.
Caption: 'Thou stick'st a dagger in me - I shall never see my gold again!' [Merchant of Venice, Act III, Scene I].
Illus. from Puck, v. 16, no. 401, (1884 November 12), centerfold.
Copyright 1884 by Keppler & Schwarzmann.
Subjects:
Gould, Jay,--1836-1892.
Cleveland, Grover,--1837-1908.
Palazzo ducale (Venice, Italy)
Presidential elections--1880-1890.
Capitalists & financiers--1880-1890.
Cartoons (Commentary)--1880-1890.
Chromolithographs--Color--1880-1890.
Periodical illustrations--1880-1890.
Bookmark /2011661845/
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