America’s proud “four hundred” and Europe’s haughty “nobility” – and the ancestors they are always boasting of
Subject(s): Genealogy, Upper class
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The American upper class on the left and the European nobility on the right stand beneath their family trees, with such ancestors as, on the left, “Skin Trader, Money Lender, Slave Trader, Squatter, [and] Tavern Keeper,” and on the right, “Marauding Knight, Robber Baron, King’s Favorite, Plundering Viking, [and] Rapacious Seigneur.” Caption: Puck–What fools these mortals be!
Collection
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Creation Date
1893-10-04
Creator(s)
Opper, Frederick Burr, 1857-1937
Language
English
Period
Civil Service Commissioner (1889-April 1895)
Repository
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Page Count
1
Record Type
Image
Resource Type
Rights
These images are presented through a cooperative effort between the Library of Congress and Dickinson State University. No known restrictions on publication.
Citation
Cite this Record
Chicago:
America’s proud “four hundred” and Europe’s haughty “nobility” – and the ancestors they are always boasting of. [October 4, 1893]. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o289279. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Opper, Frederick Burr, 1857-1937. America’s proud “four hundred” and Europe’s haughty “nobility” – and the ancestors they are always boasting of. [4 Oct. 1893]. Image.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. January 15, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o289279.
APA:
Opper, Frederick Burr, 1857-1937., [1893, October 4]. America’s proud “four hundred” and Europe’s haughty “nobility” – and the ancestors they are always boasting of.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o289279.
Cite this Collection
Chicago:
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-prints-and-photographs. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. January 15, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-prints-and-photographs.
APA:
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-prints-and-photographs.
