Tuesday, January 24, 2017

A Washington cartoon (presented without comment)




Courtesy of the Library of Congress
http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/97511830/
  • Title: "To begin with, 'I'll paint the town red'" / Hamilton.
  • Creator(s): Hamilton, Grant E., artist
  • Date Created/Published: 1885 January 31.
  • Medium: 1 print (2 pages) : chromolithograph.
  • Summary: Cartoon showing "Democracy" portrayed as the devil holding a bucket labeled "Bourbon Principles" and a paintbrush (in which appears a profile caricature of Grover Cleveland), both dripping red paint with which he plans to "paint the town"; he is standing on a wall overlooking a view of Washington, D.C. showing mostly government buildings.
  • Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-ppmsca-10482 (digital file from original print) LC-USZC4-5418 (color film copy transparency)
  • Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on publication.
  • Call Number: Illus. in AP101.J8 1884-1885 Case X [P&P]
  • Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
  • Notes:
    • Illus. in: Judge, v. 7, no. 172, 1885 January 31, pp. 8-9.



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