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Sagasta, Práxedes Mateo, 1825-1903

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Spain’s new street crier – with the same old cry

Spain’s new street crier – with the same old cry

Uncle Sam, John Bull, and figures representing Germany, Italy, France, and Russia listen as a town crier labeled “Sagasta” reads a proclamation. “Blanco” plays a drum. The proclamation states that Spain’s war with Cuba will end “next Thursday afternoon at half past four,” or in “two weeks,” or “we shall positively end it sometime or other.”

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1897-11-24

Creator(s)

Pughe, J. S. (John S.), 1870-1909

A dying light

A dying light

The horrified ghost of “Charles V” observes Práxedes M. Sagasta filling an oil lamp labeled “Spanish Honor” from a container labeled “Bombast.” The lamp sits on the “Map of Spain” on top of a small table. Caption: Shade of Charles V – Is that all that is left of my sun that never set on Spanish soil?

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1898-06-15

Creator(s)

Keppler, Udo J., 1872-1956