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Title: Bottom's dream
Related Names:
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Midsummer night's dream.
Date Created/Published: N.Y. : Published by Keppler & Schwarzmann, 1884 February 20.
Summary: Illustration shows Puck's stereotypical Irishman labeled 'Democracy' in the role of 'Bottom' from Shakespeare's 'Midsummer Night's Dream', with Puck holding the head of an ass above him. He is holding a paper that states 'Free Protection for Revenue Only. Free Revenue Reform for Protection Only. To the Civil Service Reformers belong the Spoils!!!' A host of fairies, insects, and minions of the night are gathered around him, including Theodore Roosevelt as a fairy standing on a snail labeled 'N.Y. City Reform', John Logan as a mushroom, John Kelly as a spider on a web labeled 'N.Y.', William Evarts as a bird with a long beak, unidentified man as a frog, James Blaine and George Robeson as owls, David Davis, Samuel J. Tilden as a grasshopper, Roscoe Conkling as a bird, Whitelaw Reid labeled '3 cts' and another man labeled '2 cts' as moths, and a diminutive Chester A. Arthur peering from behind Bottom's feet. Jay Gould appears as a snake in the bushes. Among the fairies are 'Randall, Carlisle, Dana, Cleveland, Cox', and Henry Watterson. Uncle Sam and Columbia observe from behind a tree. Includes Bottom's lines 'I have had a dream - past the wit of men to say what dream it was. ... But man is but a patched fool if he will offer to say what methought I had' from the play.
Notes:
Title from item.
Illus. from Puck, v. 14, no. 363, (1884 February 20), centerfold.
Copyright 1884 by Keppler & Schwarzmann.
Subjects:
Roosevelt, Theodore,--1858-1919.
Logan, John Alexander,--1826-1886.
Evarts, William Maxwell,--1818-1901.
Kelly, John,--1821-1886.
Blaine, James Gillespie,--1830-1893.
Arthur, Chester Alan,--1829-1886.
Davis, David,--1815-1886.
Tilden, Samuel J.--(Samuel Jones),--1814-1886.
Reid, Whitelaw,--1837-1912.
Conkling, Roscoe,--1829-1888.
Gould, Jay,--1836-1892.
Robeson, George M.--(George Maxwell),--1829-1897.
Randall, Samuel J.--(Samuel Jackson),--1828-1890.
Carlisle, John Griffin,--1835-1910.
Dana, Charles A.--(Charles Anderson),--1819-1897.
Cleveland, Grover,--1837-1908.
Watterson, Henry,--1840-1921.
Cox, Samuel Sullivan,--1824-1889.
Uncle Sam (Symbolic character)--1880-1890.
Columbia (Symbolic character)--1880-1890.
Tariffs--1880-1890.
Free trade & protection--1880-1890.
Civil service reform--1880-1890.
Fairies--1880-1890.
Dreaming--1880-1890.
Cartoons (Commentary)--1880-1890.
Chromolithographs--Color--1880-1890.
Periodical illustrations--1880-1890.
Bookmark /2012645176/
Bookmark:2012645176
Bookmark:2012645176

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Source: Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.