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Bernhard Gillam

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Colour cartoon of a procession passing a seated ogre in a cave labeled Naval Committee, surrounded by skeletons marked U.S.N.

The new political pilgrim’s progress - passing the ogre

1882

Colorful 1883 political cartoon of caricatured figures decorating tombstones in a graveyard under a large tree.

Decoration-day, 1883

1883

Colour caricature of toga-clad politicians around a Patronage pedestal, with a sheep labeled Civil Service Reform, in a marbl

The true meaning of Republican harmony

1883

Colored cartoon of state personifications rowed toward a bull-headed Minotaur labeled Pennsylvania, by Bernhard Gillam, 1885.

‘The tribute to the Minotaur’ - the interests of all other states sacrificed to the protection monster of Pennsylvania

1885

Colour cartoon of caricatured men in period costume marching down a medieval street, one holding a Black List scroll.

‘The soul of Blaine’ still on the rampage

1885

Colored caricature of men forging horseshoes labeled with tariff policies in a smithy, with a donkey hanging from the rafters

The Democratic smithy - odd shoes for the mule

1883

Colored political cartoon by Bernhard Gillam, 1883, showing a crowned figure holding a five thousand dollar note in a banquet

Who killed Hancock

1883

Colored political cartoon of a ragged congressional tramp bullying elderly women in aprons in a kitchen, 1882.

The great congressional tramp bullying the old women of the national household

1882

Satirical 1883 print: a small sailboat marked Independent is surrounded by icebergs carved with men's faces.

In the jaws of death - a cold day for the Independent Party

1883

Ink cartoon of a man crouching on a stump labeled No Policy while three dogs with tariff banners bark up at him.

Bayard crouching atop tree stump ‘No Policy,’ terrorized by three angry dogs ‘Tariff Reformer,’ ‘Protectionist,’ ‘Fre…

1884

Ink caricature of men queuing for office at a door, with a bearded president behind barred doorway marked U.S.G.

Caricature of President Grant controlling patronage

Randall’s revival in the South

Randall’s revival in the South

1885