A Tammany tiger a melodrama of New York life by H. Grattan Donnelly. – Vintage Poster 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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A Tammany tiger a melodrama of New York life by H. Grattan Donnelly. comes to life in this vintage poster, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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A Tammany tiger a melodrama of New York life by H. Grattan Donnelly.
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A Tammany Tiger casts the political machine's famous emblem as the central figure of a stage melodrama. The tiger became Tammany Hall's symbol in the 1870s, when Thomas Nast's cartoons in *Harper's Weekly* used the animal to represent the Democratic organization's grip on New York City politics. Henry Grattan Donnelly, a playwright and actor, wrote the piece, and this 1896 color lithograph from the Strobridge Lithographing Company advertised it to audiences. The subject tags point to the play's themes of municipal corruption and the dandy character type, both familiar targets of the period's stage and press.
| Created / published | 1896 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color ; 101 x 76 cm. |
| Notes | Created and copyright 1896 by The Strobridge Lith Co Cincinnati = New York. NY-7033. · Donnelly H. Grattan (Henry Grattan) 1850-1931. |
| Subjects | Tammany Hall. Tigers. Corruption--New York (State)--New York. Tammany Tiger. Melodramas. Dandies--New York (State)--New York. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,694 × 4,530 px · prints to 12 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-THR-273077 |
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