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Title
Phryne before the Chicago tribunal
Type
Still Image
Monograph
Genre Form
graphic
Language
English
Classification
LCC: Illus. in AP101.P7 1884
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Summary
Illustration showing Republican presidential candidate James G. Blaine as the prostitute "Phryne", revealed by Whitelaw Reid, wearing shorts, a bib labeled "Magnetic Pad", and covered with tattoos relating to his various shady dealings, standing before Republican delegates who are dressed as Greek senators. Among those depicted are George W. Curtis, William M. Evarts, Carl Schurz, a youthful Theodore Roosevelt, Benjamin Bristow, Warner Miller, William H. Robertson, John A. Logan, John Sherman, James Donald Cameron, Simon Cameron, Benjamin Harrison, and George F. Edmunds. Drawing is based on J.L. Gerome's 1861 painting "Phyrne Before the Areopagus".
Authorized Access Point
Gillam, Bernhard, 1856-1896 Phryne before the Chicago tribunal