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“The irrepressible conflict”

“The irrepressible conflict”

A monkey wearing a military uniform holds a sword labeled “Clan-na-Gael” and a flag that states “No Peaceful Solution! War!” The monkey stands on soil labeled “United States,” looking across the “Atlantic Ocean” at a lion dozing on ground labeled “Great Britain.” At the monkey’s feet is a cup labeled “To Free Ireland,” with a tag that states “Servant Girls Please Contribute.”

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1895-10-23

Creator(s)

Taylor, Charles Jay, 1855-1929

Not quite ready

Not quite ready

The Russian Bear sits at a table, carving a large roast beef labeled “Siberian Railway.” Serving pieces on the table are labeled “Enlarged Navy,” “New Spheres of Influence,” and “Better Financial System,” and a bottle of champagne is labeled “Port Arthur Fortification.” On the right, the British Lion labeled “England” is reclining on a small piece of land across a body of water.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1898-09-21

Creator(s)

Keppler, Udo J., 1872-1956

A division of labor

A division of labor

Print shows the British Lion labeled “England” lying in the foreground with a concerned look on its face, while in the background, a man labeled “France” is talking on the telephone to a man labeled “Russia,” offering to pull the Lion’s tail, if Russia will cut the Lion’s head off.

Caption: France (to Russia)–I will pull his tail if you will cut his head off!

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1899-02-22

Creator(s)

Keppler, Udo J., 1872-1956

A tempting opportunity

A tempting opportunity

Print shows the British Lion attempting to put out the flames of a campfire labeled “South African War.” In the background are two figures labeled “Russia” and “France,” holding large pincers, who are pondering the idea of nipping the tail of the British Lion while it is occupied on South Africa.

Caption: The Friendly Foes–Oh! What a lovely chance to pull its tail!

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1899-11-15

“Sic ’em!”

“Sic ’em!”

Print shows Charles Stewart Parnell, a prisoner in the “Kilmainham Kaboose”, directing a pack of small dogs labeled “Healy, Kettle, Egan, O’Connor, Dillon, Davitt, Sexton, [and] Brennan” to attack the British Lion, instead they scatter in all directions. Caption: Mr. Parnell in his great feat of letting loose the dogs of war.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1881-10-26

Creator(s)

Keppler, Joseph Ferdinand, 1838-1894

British benevolence

British benevolence

Print shows an oversized British Lion wearing boxing gloves labeled “Army” and “Navy,” standing over its most recent victim labeled “Egyptian.” Trailing off to the left are other victims labeled “Ashantee, Afghan, Boer, [and] Zulu.” Standing on the right is a diminutive Irishman pulling on boxing gloves labeled “Fenian.” Caption: “It is painful to be obliged to use force against the weak.” –Earl Granville in House of Lords.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1882-07-19

Creator(s)

Keppler, Joseph Ferdinand, 1838-1894

A tail they can’t twist

A tail they can’t twist

Print shows Samuel S. Cox, Abram S. Hewitt, and William E. Robinson (waving a paper that states “The demands of 20,000,000 Irish-Americans”) pulling on the tail of the British Lion. The front paws of the lion rest on the body of a man with a handgun in one hand and a paper labeled “Assassin O’Donnell” in the other. A gibbet stands in the background. Patrick O’Donnell was executed by hanging in London on December 17, 1883, for the murder of James Carey. Caption: The little men and their little grip on the British Lion.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1883-12-19

Creator(s)

Gillam, Bernhard, 1856-1896

The old lion and the ass

The old lion and the ass

An injured lion, with the face of Ulysses S. Grant, lies on the ground next to a paper that states “An Appeal to the People, U.S. Grant.” Just beyond the lion is a donkey wearing a military uniform labeled “Rosecrans” and kicking up its hind legs. Caption: General Rosecrans, (Dem., of California,) thought that General Grant’s reputation had been exaggerated and misrepresented, and when history came to be written, it would be pared down to very different dimensions. –Debate on the Grant Retirement Bill in the House, Feb. 16th, 1885.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1885-02-25

Creator(s)

Gillam, Bernhard, 1856-1896

Why they dislike him — he will not prove himself a cat’s-paw in the enterprise

Why they dislike him — he will not prove himself a cat’s-paw in the enterprise

Grover Cleveland is a lion with his paw on a monkey labeled “T. Grady” on top of a rock labeled “Civil Service Reform.” Nearby is a small fire in which are roasting chestnuts labeled “City Spoils, State Spoils, [and] National Spoils Chestnut.” Cleveland is looking over his right shoulder at a group of monkeys in a tree. Among them are John Kelly, Charles A. Dana, Benjamin F. Butler, Henry Ward Beecher, and three monkeys labeled “Dynamiter, Ward Boss, [and] N. Y. Alderman.”

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1884-09-03

Creator(s)

Gillam, Bernhard, 1856-1896