Puck's Own Yorktown Celebration. His Army of Contributors Passing in Review Before Our Foreign Guests (color lithograph print) (Puck, October 19, 1881)
Puck, 1881. Print. Item #292038
Lithograph print, 11.4 x 18.5 inches, on sheet 13.5 x 20 inches. Double-fold lithoraph print in color. Print shows Puck sitting on a wooden cut-out Pegasus reviewing a procession of soldiers, among whom are John A. Logan, Roscoe Conkling carrying a flag labeled 'Third Term', Joseph W. Keifer, William M. Evarts, David Davis, James G. Bennett, John Kelly, Cyrus W. Field, William H. Vanderbilt, Jay Gould, Samuel J. Tilden, Benjamin F. Butler, Thomas De Witt Talmage, and riding on horseback, Henry Ward Beecher. Following the soldiers, in the background on the right, is a float showing an old soldier labeled 'Our Army' and a decrepit ship labeled 'Our Navy'. In the background, on the left, is a reviewing stand for the 'Foreign Guests', with a French flag on one side and a German flag on the other. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy. Previously folded in half. Mild soiling in margins.
Price: $30.00