full front page political cartoon by Rogers depicting William Jennings Bryan carries a "Repeating Winderbuss" (a pun on his long-windedness) to hunt the "octopus" a common metaphor for business monopolies, connoting their multiple, powerful, grasping, and slimy tentacles. Yet, the gun-toting octopi are marching right beside the nominee (right-left): William A. Clark of Montana, a former and future senator from Montana who was part of the Copper Trust; Senator James K. Jones of Arkansas, chairman of the Democratic National Committee and member of the Cotton Trust; and, most prominently, Tammany boss Richard Croker, a member of New York City s Ice Trust. (Rogers misspelled Clark s last name in this cartoon.). One page, suitable for framing Size: 10.5" x 15.5". Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 062025

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Titel: ENGRAVING: "Hunting the Octopus". engravings...

Verlag: Harper's Weekly, NY

Erscheinungsdatum: 1900

Einband: Unbound

Illustrator: W.A. Rogers (William Allen)

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