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The end of the republican party After "The Destruction of Jerusalem" by Kaulbach.
| Content Provider | Library of Congress - Photographs |
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| Spatial Coverage | United States |
| Description | After a large painting by Wilhelm von Kaulbach showing the "destruction of Jerusalem", this print shows the demise of the Republican Party with various Republicans, Mugwumps, Democrats, and allegorical figures, along with portraits of Jefferson, Washington, and Lincoln, as well as the newly elected Democratic president Grover Cleveland on horseback (as the Roman emperor Titus), with Vice President Thomas A. Hendricks on horseback behind him, and Carl Schurz and another man, carrying fasces, walking beside them. At center appears Samuel Tilden holding up a shield labeled "1876" and brandishing a short sword. He appears about to strike a man, possibly Rutherford B. Hayes, winner of the controversial 1876 presidential election. Moving toward the foreground, James G. Blaine is standing with a large dagger raised, which he is about to plunge into a fainted female figure labeled "Republican Party" supported by his left arm; kneeling beside Blaine is Benjamin Butler holding a jester doll. Three crouching figures in front of Butler are Chester A. Arthur, John A. Logan, and an unidentified man wearing glasses. A man labeled "Corruption", possibly John Roach, flees to the left, pursued by three male furies. On the far right is a "flight to Egypt" scene with a Madonna and two children riding on a mule, which has stopped to graze on a thistle, other figures are around them, as well as two men walking in the midst who may be Henry Ward Beecher and Thomas F. Bayard. Above the central figures are three trumpeters, one holding a staff topped with an eagle and bearing the initials G.C., hearlding the arrival of Grover Cleveland. Above these figures appears a horde of angels wielding rushes. In the upper left corner, several people are standing at the entrance to a temple, among them are Whitelaw Reid and John St. John. |
| File Format | JPG / JPEG |
| Language | English |
| Part of Series | Popular Graphic Arts |
| Requires | HTML5 supported browser |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Bayard, Thomas F.--(Thomas Francis),--1828-1898. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Lincoln, Abraham,--1809-1865. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Tilden, Samuel J.--(Samuel Jones),--1814-1886. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Arthur, Chester Alan,--1829-1886. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Hendricks, Thomas A.--(Thomas Andrews),--1819-1885. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Titus,--Emperor of Rome,--40-81. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Beecher, Henry Ward,--1813-1887. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Roach, John,--1813-1887. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Presidential elections--United States--1880-1890. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Washington, George,--1732-1799. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Cleveland, Grover,--1837-1908. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Logan, John Alexander,--1826-1886. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Jefferson, Thomas,--1743-1826. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Butler, Benjamin F.--(Benjamin Franklin),--1818-1893. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | St. John, John Pierce,--1833-1916. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Blaine, James Gillespie,--1830-1893. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Hayes, Rutherford B.,--1822-1893. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Reid, Whitelaw,--1837-1912. |
| Content Type | Image |
| Resource Type | Photograph |
