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Title
They saw their "Flying Dutchman" - it crossed their path, and they were lost
Type
Still Image
Multimedia
Contribution
Gillam, Bernhard, 1856-1896, (Artist)
Genre Form
Prints (LCGFT)
graphic
Periodical illustrations--1880-1890. (GMGPC)
Cartoons (Commentary)--1880-1890. (GMGPC)
Chromolithographs--Color--1880-1890. (GMGPC)
Language
English
Color Content
color
Summary
Illustration shows the shipwreck of a ship that lost its course at the sight of the "Flying Dutchman" labeled "Speeches" with the face of James G. Blaine as the ship's figurehead and using the "Bloody Shirt" as sails; men cling to the wreck of the ship, some are in the sea, and many are on the rocks, some are identified as "Cornell, Wadsworth, Daggett, Catlin, Carr, O'Brien [who is clinging to "Davenport's Bar'l"], Evarts, "Jake Hess", Miller, T. Platt, Davenport, Sherman, Edmunds, [and] Jonah B. Foraker", among those unidentified are Whitelaw Reid holding a bottle labeled "Tribune Editorial Solace", Joseph Pulitzer as a bird labeled "N.Y. World", and John Logan.
Authorized Access Point
Gillam, Bernhard, 1856-1896, They saw their "Flying Dutchman" - it crossed their path, and they were lost