Too far gone, John!--That balloon will never rise again (LOC)

Zimmerman, Eugene,, 1862-1935,, artist.

 

Too far gone, John!--That balloon will never rise again

 

N.Y. : Published by Keppler & Schwarzmann, 1885 September 2.

 

1 print : chromolithograph.

 

Notes:

Title from item.

Illus. from Puck, v. 18, no. 443, (1885 September 2), cover.

Copyright 1885 by Keppler & Schwarzmann.

Illustration shows Joseph B. Foraker holding a hot air balloon fashioned from shirts stitched together and labeled "Bloody Shirt" with the initials "J.G.B." for James G. Blaine. John Sherman leans over a small pot labeled "Sectional Hatred" that is fastened to the bottom of the balloon (the basket and anchor has been discarded in the background), attempting to generate enough hot air to get the balloon off the ground by using a bellows labeled "Stump Speeches" to fan a fire in the pot. A notice pasted on a fence on the right states "John Sherman's Mt. Gilead Speech", a portion of the text states "The Solid South, held together in political fellowship by crimes, violence and fraud."

 

Subjects:

Foraker, Joseph Benson,--1846-1917.

Sherman, John,--1823-1900.

Blaine, James Gillespie,--1830-1893.

Balloons (Aircraft)--1880-1890.

Bloody shirt--1880-1890.

Sectionalism (United States)--1880-1890.

Bellows--1880-1890.

Public speaking--1880-1890.

 

Format: Periodical illustrations--1880-1890.

Magazine covers--1880-1890.

Cartoons (Commentary)--1880-1890.

Chromolithographs--Color--1880-1890.

 

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

 

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

 

Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.28122

 

Call Number: Illus. in AP101.P7 1885

 

 

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