Umberto I, King of Italy, 1844-1900

Uncle Sam and John Bull stand with six figures showing the attributes of the rulers of Russia (Nicholas II), Germany (William II), Japan (Meiji, Emperor of Japan), Italy (Umberto I), Austria (Franz Joseph I), and France (Emile Loubet), representing the eight nation alliance. They look up at a mountain labeled “Chinese Question” topped with the face of an angry Chinese person.

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Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1900-07-25

Mrs. A. Opley reported a conversation with a peddler who advocated for the assassination of the president in 1900. A handwritten note refers this information to Secret Service Chief John E. Wilkie.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-09-19

Creator(s)

Presidential Office Staff

Language

English

Uncle Sam is pictured as a peddler offering “Bonds Sold For Gold” on a snowy street where he encounters a diminutive figure labeled “Canada” holding a paper labeled “Sound Currency System.” She points to Uncle Sam’s bag of “Silver.” Standing on balconies labeled “England – Sound Currency System,” “France – Sound Financial System,” “Austria – Sound Financial Policy,” “Russia – Sound Financial Policy,” and “Germany – Sound Currency System” are the Prime Minister of Great Britain, Lord Salisbury; the President of France, Felix Faure; the Emperor of Austria, Franz Joseph I; the Emperor of Russia, Nicholas II; and the German Emperor, William II; and standing on an unmarked balcony is the King of Italy, Umberto I.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1896-02-05

Creator(s)

Dalrymple, Louis, 1866-1905

The body of “Spain” is surrounded by figures representing the United States, England, France, Russia, Austria, and Italy. On the ground next to the body is a bloody razor labeled “Stupidity.” On the wall is a sign reading, “What Killed Spain? Inquest Now Going On.” Caption: The coroner’s jury will undoubtedly find that the deceased committed suicide.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1898-07-27

Creator(s)

Dalrymple, Louis, 1866-1905

Alexander III, labeled “Russia,” looks sternly at William II, labeled “Germany,” who returns the glare, as they walk along a pathway away from a statue of “Peace,” a female figure with wings, looking doubtful. Alexander III is accompanied by a diminutive Sadi Carnot labeled “France” who is shaking his fist across the pathway at a diminutive Umberto I, labeled “Italy,” who in turn shakes his fist, and a diminutive Franz Joseph I, labeled “Austria,” who accompany William II.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1893-11-08

Creator(s)

Keppler, Udo J., 1872-1956

Several European rulers stand next to signposts labeled “France, Turkey, England, Germany, Italy, Austria, [and] Russia” lining the sides of a dirt road, with “Servia” and “Roumania” in the background. The rulers are all keeping an eye on William II, the German Emperor, as he walks down the road between them.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1893-10-18

Creator(s)

Keppler, Joseph Ferdinand, 1838-1894

General William R. Shafter, larger than life, is pictured in Europe standing before the rulers of France (Felix Faure), Austria (Franz Joseph I), Germany (William II), Italy (Umberto I), and Russia (Nicholas II), and with John Bull representing England. They bow, tip their hats, and salute him, acknowledging his success during the Spanish-American War. Depicted in an insert is the treatment Shafter received in the United States from the dogs of “Yellow Journalism” and hands with pointing fingers labeled “Amateur Magazine Strategist” and “Know-it-all Critic” holding a quill pen labeled “Hate,” and other hands labeled “Sensationalism” and “Impudent Newspaper Reporter” holding clubs labeled “Malice” and “Revenge,” as well as a boot labeled “Jealousy.” Caption: How our hero of the most remarkable campaign of the century is regarded abroad, and how some of us treat him at home.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1898-11-02

Creator(s)

Dalrymple, Louis, 1866-1905

A gleeful Uncle Sam sits with John Bull, who is a sailor representing England, and six figures representing “Spain,” “Italy” (Umberto I), “Austria” (Franz Joseph I), “France,” Germany (William II), and “Russia” (Nicholas II), watching a fireworks display that shows the outline of a huge American battleship that illuminates the ruins of the “Spanish Fleet.” The clouds of smoke show portraits of “Schley, Sampson, Hobson, [and] Dewey.”

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1898-07-06

Creator(s)

Keppler, Udo J., 1872-1956

A group of animals are gathered in a jungle, some showing the facial attributes of the rulers of “Austria” (Franz Joseph I), “Germany” (William II), and “Italy” (Umberto I). A monkey labeled “France” is speaking and gesticulating to “Japan, Turkey, Russia, Italy, [and] Austria,” while the British lion looks on disapprovingly from above. China is in the background, Spain in the foreground, and Uncle Sam appears as an eagle behind the British lion.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1898-12-07

Creator(s)

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

Uncle Sam, wearing a military uniform and holding a sword labeled “U.S.,” sits at a table on which is a small cake on a platter labeled “Cuba,” with a decanter labeled “Philippine Islands” on the table and a bottle labeled “Porto Rico” in an ice bucket. On the left, John Bull is holding a sword labeled “England,” slicing a large cake on a platter labeled “China.” Around the table, with him, are four figures representing “Russia” (Nicholas II), “France” (Felix Faure), “Germany” (William II), and “Japan” (Meiji), each using a sword to carve up the cake which is labeled “Wei-Hai-Wei, Coal Fields of Shan-Si, Ta-Lien-Wan, Port Arthur, Hainan, Kai Chau, [and] Formosa.” Looking on from behind a wall on the far left are Italy (Umberto I) and Austria (Franz Joseph I). Caption: John Bull (to the Powers)–What are you mad about? We can’t grudge him a light lunch while we are feasting!

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1898-05-25

Creator(s)

Dalrymple, Louis, 1866-1905

John Bull sits on a strong fortress representing England, with a telescope in one hand and strings attached to battleships in the other. On the edge of the continent are four figures representing “Germany” (William II), “Austria” (Franz Joseph I), “Italy” (Umberto I) and “France” (Felix Faure) wondering what John Bull is doing. In the background, a battle rages between the United States and Spain around the island of Cuba. Caption: The Continental Powers–What are you doing there? / John Bull–Oh! nothing, nothing at all; – just looking on!

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1898-05-18

Creator(s)

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

Uncle Sam stands on a wharf with five diminutive figures with attributes of the rulers of Austria (Franz Joseph I), Russia (Nicholas II), France (Felix Faure), Germany (William II), and Italy (Umberto I), and with John Bull representing England. Uncle Sam is showing the others an American steamship constructed out of bundles, barrels, and bales of exports, many indicating revenue in dollars, which, he believes, they “can’t resist.”

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1898-08-17

Creator(s)

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

A crazed man representing the Czar of “Russia” sits on a throne, manipulating marionettes that represent “France” (Felix Faure), “Austria” (Franz Joseph I), “Italy” (Umberto I), “Germany” (William II), and “England” (John Bull) playing musical instruments.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1897-05-05

Creator(s)

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

Print shows Uncle Sam holding a “Trade Treaty with China”, standing on a “Map of China” in the midst of foreign rulers labeled “Germany, Italy, England, Austria, Russia [and] France.” Depicted are William II, Umberto I, John Bull, Franz Joseph I sharpening scissors at a grinding stone in the background, Uncle Sam, Nicholas II, and Emile Loubet, each with large scissors, intent on cutting up the map.

Caption: Uncle Sam (to the Powers)–Gentlemen, you may cut up this map as much as you like; but remember that I’m here to stay, and that you can’t divide me up into spheres of influence!

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1899-08-23

Uncle Sam welcomes several heads of state labeled “Pan-Slavism, Nihilism, Socialism, Pauperism, Communism [represented by Marianne], Fenianism, Mormonism [wearing a fez], [and] Spain” to a swim at Coney Island. They have emerged from bathhouses labeled “Austria, Russia, Germany, Italy, France, [and] England” and stand in the water. Caption: Why shouldn’t the wearied monarchs of Europe enjoy a plunge in our republican waters?

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1882-07-19

Creator(s)

Graetz, F. (Friedrich), approximately 1840-approximately 1913

Secretary of State Hay encloses a translated note from Italian ambassador Edmondo Mayor des Planches requesting an audience with President Roosevelt, in order to present him with two books which are a gift from King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-04-18

Creator(s)

Hay, John, 1838-1905

Ambassador Mayor des Planches requests an audience with President Roosevelt to present a gift from King Victor Emmanuel III. The gift is two books, a copy of The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri and a volume on the campaigns of Prince Eugene of Savoy.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-04-15

Creator(s)

Mayor des Planches, Edmondo, 1851-1920