Photo of Puck,Suicide,Penal Code,1883,Graetz,Cannon,Handgun,Marriage,Poison

Title: An apparatus by means of which suicides can get the better of the 'penal code' / F. Graetz.
Creator(s): Graetz, F. (Friedrich), ca. 1840-ca. 1913, artist
Date Created/Published: N.Y. : Published by Keppler & Schwarzmann, 1883 February 7.
Summary: Illustration shows a man whose offer of marriage has been rejected and is now determined to kill himself as a means of ending his suffering; he is sitting in a chair with two handguns, aimed at his chest, mounted on the arms of the chair, facing a cannon, beneath him are 'Dynamite Cartridges', and overhead is a large rock labeled '500 lb. weight', a tube from his mouth extends to a container of 'Poison', two straight-edge razors are aimed at this throat, and a 'Charcoal' burner spews carbon monoxide fumes. The letter from his girlfriend is on the floor next to the chair, it states 'Dear George, I can not marry you. Carri'.
Notes:
Title from item.
Illus. from Puck, v. 12, no. 309, (1883 February 7), cover.
Copyright 1883 by Keppler & Schwarzmann.
Subjects:
Suicides--1880-1890.
Handguns--1880-1890.
Cannons--1880-1890.
Razor blades--1880-1890.
Dynamite--1880-1890.
Poisons--1880-1890.
Despair--1880-1890.
Correspondence--1880-1890.
Cartoons (Commentary)--1880-1890.
Chromolithographs--Color--1880-1890.
Magazine covers--1880-1890.
Periodical illustrations--1880-1890.
Bookmark /2012645445/
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