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An unexpected blow / J. Keppler. – Vintage Print

An unexpected blow / J. Keppler., 1880 March 10. — antique lithograph
An unexpected blow / J. Keppler., 1880 March 10.. Antique lithograph from the Presidents collection.

(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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A window into the past: An unexpected blow / J. Keppler., preserved in this antique lithograph. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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An unexpected blow / J. Keppler.

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Joseph Keppler's color lithograph "An Unexpected Blow" ran as a two-page spread in *Puck* on March 10, 1880, and it names both Ulysses S. Grant and Senator James Donald Cameron of Pennsylvania as its subjects. In early 1880 Grant was seeking the Republican presidential nomination for a third term, and Cameron was a leading figure in the Stalwart faction that backed him. The cartoon belongs to a stream of satirical imagery *Puck* produced that year, when the nomination fight was still open. Keppler, a Vienna-born illustrator, made *Puck* one of the most influential humor magazines of the period, and its full-color political cartoons are still prized for their detail.

Created / published1880 March 10.
Medium1 print : lithograph, color.
GenreCaricatures 1880.Editorial cartoons 1880.Lithographs Color 1880.
NotesIllus. in: Puck, v. 7, 1880 March 10, pp. 8-9.
SubjectsGrant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson),--1822-1885. Cameron, J. D. (James Donald),--1833-1918. Presidential elections--1880.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,124 × 1,431 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-219249

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