The Wasp — 1876 — page 147: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page shows two portrait medallions labeled with names (though the OCR text is incomplete, the visible inscriptions appear to reference political figures). The engravings are styled as formal portrait plates, a common format for The Wasp's political satire. Without being able to read the complete labels clearly, I cannot definitively identify which figures are depicted. However, given the November 1876 date, this likely relates to the contentious 1876 presidential election between Rutherford B. Hayes and Samuel Tilden, which was still being disputed during this period. The formal medallion presentation format itself may be satirical—possibly mocking the subjects' pretensions or presenting them for public judgment during the election crisis. I cannot specify the precise satirical point without clearer text visibility.