The Wasp — 1879 — page 402: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page features a satirical cartoon by Thomas Nast criticizing labor unrest and radical politics, likely from the Gilded Age. The central figure appears to be a woman (possibly representing a radical or anarchist element) surrounded by protest signs addressing various political grievances—mentions of "yellow fever," "solid south," "union," and references to Jeff Davis suggest post-Reconstruction Southern politics and labor disputes. The accompanying text praises Nast as a "great caricaturist" whose work exposes social and political wrongs without resorting to "pictorial abuses." The satire targets what the editors view as dangerous radical movements threatening American institutions, contrasting Nast's "allegorical art" with cruder political messaging.