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Bernhard Gillam - Caricature of Thomas Platt as a chained monkey, next to sign that reads ‘For admittance (to Supreme Court judgeship), you must give a stalwart ring’

Caricature of Thomas Platt as a chained monkey, next to sign that reads ‘For admittance (to Supreme Court judgeship), you must give a stalwart ring’ (1885)

Bernhard Gillam (American, 1856 – 1896)
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The Artist died in 1896 so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries where the copyright term is the Artist's life plus 70 years or fewer. It is in the public domain in the United States because it was published or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office before Jan 1, 1926
Bernhard Gillam

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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The Presidential recruiting-office

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The political Courtney

The political Courtney (1884)

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Shylock’s bad bargain

Shylock’s bad bargain (1884)

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A new way of ‘waking’ the Democratic shaughraun

A new way of ‘waking’ the Democratic shaughraun (1883)

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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)
Another bombardment – the newspaper fleet firing on the Bedouins in Washington

Another bombardment – the newspaper fleet firing on the Bedouins in Washington (1882)

Bernhard Gillam (American, 1856 – 1896)
Caricature of President Chester Arthur, here accused of using the Treasury surplus to build up the Navy..

Caricature of President Chester Arthur, here accused of using the Treasury surplus to build up the Navy..

Bernhard Gillam (American, 1856 – 1896)
A warning to Grover Cleveland in 1883 that the Tammany organization support had proved fatal to three Democratic candidates already.

A warning to Grover Cleveland in 1883 that the Tammany organization support had proved fatal to three Democratic candidates already. (1883)

Bernhard Gillam (American, 1856 – 1896)
Building the ark

Building the ark (1884)

Bernhard Gillam (American, 1856 – 1896)
The rehabilitation of the Democratic party

The rehabilitation of the Democratic party (1885)

Bernhard Gillam (American, 1856 – 1896)
The Protected and the Unprotected. A lesson for Protectionists.

The Protected and the Unprotected. A lesson for Protectionists. (1882)

Bernhard Gillam (American, 1856 – 1896)
‘The soul of Blaine’ still on the rampage

‘The soul of Blaine’ still on the rampage (1885)

Bernhard Gillam (American, 1856 – 1896)
A new declaration of independence in the year 1885

A new declaration of independence in the year 1885 (1885)

Bernhard Gillam (American, 1856 – 1896)
The true inwardness of the Tilden boom – the democratic tribes clamor for Sammy to strike his rocks

The true inwardness of the Tilden boom – the democratic tribes clamor for Sammy to strike his rocks (1884)

Bernhard Gillam (American, 1856 – 1896)
Bayard crouching atop tree stump ‘No Policy,’ terrorized by three angry dogs ‘Tariff Reformer,’ ‘Protectionist,’ ‘Free Trader’

Bayard crouching atop tree stump ‘No Policy,’ terrorized by three angry dogs ‘Tariff Reformer,’ ‘Protectionist,’ ‘Free Trader’ (1884)

Bernhard Gillam (American, 1856 – 1896)
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