
Artist: Louis Dalrymple. 1866-1905. American cartoonist known for his caricatures in publications such as Puck, Judge, and the New York Daily Graphic.
Title: "Progressive" conspiracy.
Signed, Titled, and Dated in plate.
Captions: If we can't win fairly, we will be cheating. W.E.Chandler. If we can't get there by fraud, we will be stealing. Gov. Bulkeley of Conn. What we can't get by fraud or stealing, we'll take by force. Sen. Hoar.
Dimensions: Sheet 13 3/4" x 10 1/4".
Publishers: Keppler & Schwarzmann.
Editor: Henry Cuyler Bunner.
Date: February 1, 1891.
Materials and Techniques: Color lithograph on paper.
Condition: Printed text on the back as issued, torn from the bound volume. The left edge is rough cut. A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Part of: Puck magazine, New York, February 4, 1891. Vol. XXVIII. - No. 726. Front cover.
Note: Buttle, after the gubernatorial election in 1890, didn't bring a victory to either republicans or democrats; as a result, incumbent Gov. Bulkeley continued to be in office for two more years. Depicted W. E. Chandler, Senator from New Hampshire (1887 - 1889); Morgan Gardner Bulkeley, Governor of Connecticut (1888 - 1893); George Frisbee Hoar, Senator from Massachusetts.