Title
A summer smoke-cloud
Caption
A summer smoke-cloud / J. Keppler by Joseph Ferdinand Keppler, 1838-1894, artist . 1882 chromolithograph Illustration shows Puck reclining before a table covered with alcoholic beverages, some labelled 'V.H. Dusenbury's P.P. Brandy' and 'Puck Punch [No London Punch]', smoking and blowing smoke rings. Among the figures appearing in Puck's smoke cloud are Chester A. Arthur labelled 'For a Good Veto' and fishing for 'Popularity', George M. Robeson at the helm of a boat carrying a large money bag labelled 'Appropriation', Jay Gould, Russell Sage, and William H. Vanderbilt sailing on a boat labelled 'Monopoly'; Susan B. Anthony and another woman, G.W. Curtis labelled 'Civil Service Reform', Roscoe Conkling, Jay Hubbell labelled 'Deform', Ulysses S. Grant labelled 'No Third Term', David Davis, Robert Ingersoll boxing with Thomas De Witt Tallmadge, James G. Bennett, 'Old Rosa' with 'Dynamite', Cyrus W. Field trying to net a 'Coronet', John Kelly and Samuel J. Tilden on a seesaw, William R. Grace standing on a rock labelled 'Public Esteem' with Seth Low trying to climb up, and James Russell Lowell on a 'British Mission'.
Date
1882
Credit line
Photo12/Ann Ronan Picture Library
Reference
ARP18A00_352
License type
Rights managed
Available size
51,9Mb (5,6Mb) / 11,3in x 17,8in / 3400 x 5336 (300dpi)