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Bernhard Gillam
Bernhard Gillam

Bernhard Gillam

American, 1856 – 1896
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Bernhard Gillam was an English-born American political cartoonist.

Gillam was born in Banbury, Oxfordshire. He arrived in New York with his parents in 1866. He worked as a copyist in a lawyer's office, but switched to the study of engraving, and later, after some of his cartoons had appeared in the New York Graphic, turned to cartooning. His work appeared in Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, Harper's Weekly, where he worked with Thomas Nast during James A. Garfield's campaign of 1880, and Puck magazine where he came under the influence of Joseph Keppler. Gillam also produced work for Judge, a magazine of which he became director-in-chief in 1886.

Gillam's cartoons on James G. Blaine during the 1884 US presidential campaign played a large part in Grover Cleveland's election to office. "Phryne before the Chicago Tribunal", also known as "The Tattooed Man", which appeared in the Puck issue of June 4, 1884, showed Blaine's body covered in tattoos detailing corruption charges from his political past. Blaine threatened legal action, but backed down on the advice of his political friends. According to Blaine biographer David Saville Muzzey, "it is doubtful if any cartoon in our history ever had the vogue and influence of Gillam's Tattooed Man." Oddly, Gillam was a Republican who voted for Blaine in 1884.

During the presidential campaigns of 1888 and 1892, Gillam's cartoons depicted the dangers of the free-trade policy of the Democrats and the benefits of Republican protectionism.

Bernhard Gillam died in Canajoharie, New York, of typhoid fever in 1896.

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Out of the frying-pan into the fire

Out of the frying-pan into the fire (1884)

Bernhard Gillam (American, 1856 – 1896)
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Our robber barons

Our robber barons (1882)

Bernhard Gillam (American, 1856 – 1896)
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Our national dog-show

Our national dog-show (1883)

Bernhard Gillam (American, 1856 – 1896)
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Our good ship ‘National Credit’ in danger from a silver-spout

Our good ship ‘National Credit’ in danger from a silver-spout (1885)

Bernhard Gillam (American, 1856 – 1896)
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A great past and a pitiful present

A great past and a pitiful present (1885)

Bernhard Gillam (American, 1856 – 1896)
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Mr. Hill tries it on

Mr. Hill tries it on (1885)

Bernhard Gillam (American, 1856 – 1896)
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‘Love’s labor’s lost’

‘Love’s labor’s lost’ (1884)

Bernhard Gillam (American, 1856 – 1896)
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Let the political army have new drums also!

Let the political army have new drums also! (1883)

Bernhard Gillam (American, 1856 – 1896)
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John A. Logan in 1859

John A. Logan in 1859 (1884)

Bernhard Gillam (American, 1856 – 1896)
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In the jaws of death – a cold day for the Independent Party

In the jaws of death – a cold day for the Independent Party (1883)

Bernhard Gillam (American, 1856 – 1896)
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His boasted magnetism – and the kind of metal it attracts

His boasted magnetism – and the kind of metal it attracts (1884)

Bernhard Gillam (American, 1856 – 1896)
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Gulliver-Cleveland takes possession of the enemy’s fleet and deprives them of their strength

Gulliver-Cleveland takes possession of the enemy’s fleet and deprives them of their strength (1885)

Bernhard Gillam (American, 1856 – 1896)
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Gulliver and the party Liliputians — they cannot bind him

Gulliver and the party Liliputians — they cannot bind him (1885)

Bernhard Gillam (American, 1856 – 1896)
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