War is Hell"- Sherman [but] peace in Cuba under Spanish rule is worse than hell" – Historic Print
![War is Hell"- Sherman [but] peace in Cuba under Spanish rule is worse than hell", 1898 Apr. 30. — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/09/09e83b3a446c-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with War is Hell"- Sherman [but] peace in Cuba under Spanish rule is worse than hell", an antique lithograph rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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War is Hell"- Sherman [but] peace in Cuba under Spanish rule is worse than hell"
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Its title sets Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman's line "War is Hell" against a claim that peace in Cuba under Spanish rule was worse, a pointed argument for intervention. Grant Hamilton drew this color lithograph for *Judge*, the New York humor weekly, and it ran in the April 30, 1898 issue, days after Congress declared war on Spain. The cartoon reflects the public debate of that spring, when reports of Cuban suffering under Spanish colonial rule and the sinking of the USS *Maine* in Havana harbor pushed many Americans toward war. Looking at it today, the caption offers a useful window into how wartime opinion was shaped through popular illustrated magazines.
| Created / published | 1898 Apr. 30. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph. |
| Subjects | Color lithograph by Grant Hamilton. Illus. in: Judge, 1898 April 30. No ref. copy. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: US Hist.--War with Spain; Cartoons, U.S.--1898; War; Propaganda; Publ. Ind. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,154 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-148552 |
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