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Siegfried the Fearless in the Political Dismal Swamp political cartoon, 1887

Permanent ID:
11619
Language:
English
Date:
December 28 1887
Image Description:
Grover Cleveland reprises the role of Siegfried in Richard Wagner's opera Siegfried.  He is dressed in fur and fights a war tariff monster with his sound policy sword.  The swamp is filled with politicians depicted as animals, birds, and other creatures.  A shirt with the inscription "Bloody Shirt" flies next to a bat with the face of John Sherman.
Format:
Political cartoons; Chromolithographs; Clippings
Dimensions:
Width: 50.5 cm, Height: 33 cm (image)
Publisher:
Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Collection:
Historical Society of Pennsylvania cartoons and caricatures collection
Related People or Organizations:
Joseph Ferdinand Keppler, 1838-1894 (artist)
Biunno, Diane (Transcribed by)
Biunno, Diane (Encoded by)
Historical Society of Pennsylvania (repository)
Cleveland, Grover, 1837-1908 (depicted)
John Sherman, 1823-1900 (depicted)
Benjamin Franklin Butler, 1818-1893 (depicted)
Keppler & Schwarzmann (publisher)