The raven / J. Keppler. – Antique Wall Art
(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 The raven / J. Keppler., an antique lithograph rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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The raven / J. Keppler.
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A raven perches among the hats of Benjamin Harrison and James G. Blaine, a pairing that would have been clear to 1890 readers, and the bird's ominous associations, sharpened by Edgar Allan Poe's famous poem, give the cartoon its bite. Joseph Keppler, the Austrian-born caricaturist who founded the satirical magazine *Puck*, drew the lithograph in color during Harrison's first term. Blaine, who served as Harrison's secretary of state, was a longtime rival for leadership of the Republican Party, so the image comments on the tension between a sitting president and a powerful cabinet member who had his own ambitions.
| Created / published | 1890 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph, color. |
| Genre | Caricatures 1890.Editorial cartoons 1890.Lithographs Color 1890. |
| Subjects | Harrison, Benjamin,--1833-1901. Blaine, James Gillespie,--1830-1893. Hats--1890. Ravens--1890. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,132 × 1,451 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-219158 |
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