Photo of Puck,Sop to Cerberus,1882,Gillam,Chester A. Arthur,White House,Guards
Title: A sop to Cerberus / Gillam.
Creator(s): Gillam, Bernhard, 1856-1896, artist
Date Created/Published: N.Y. : Published by Keppler & Schwarzmann, 1882 May 17.
Summary: Print shows Chester A. Arthur offering a 'Bill Excluding Chinese for 10 Years', in the shape of a Chinese man's face, to a three-headed Cerberus labeled 'Western Vote' with the heads labeled 'Demagogue, Hoodlum, [and] Irish'. At Arthur's feet is a basket labeled 'Sops for Everybody', and he holds a rope behind his back labeled '2nd Term Aspirations'. The Cerberus is guarding the narrow path through the forest to the White House labeled '1884', which shines in the distance.
Notes:
Title from item.
Illus. from Puck, v. 11, no. 271, (1882 May 17), cover.
Copyright 1882 by Keppler & Schwarzmann.
Subjects:
Arthur, Chester Alan,--1829-1886.
Presidential elections--1880-1890.
Cerberus (Greek mythology)
Presidential terms of office--1880-1890.
Animal feeding--1880-1890.
Legislation--1880-1890.
Faces--1880-1890.
Guards--1880-1890.
Cartoons (Commentary)--1880-1890.
Chromolithographs--Color--1880-1890.
Magazine covers--1880-1890.
Periodical illustrations--1880-1890.
Bookmark /2012647203/
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