Puck #439
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join free"Shacob Knew" presents a striking, period-specific tableau in Puck #439, a 10-cent satire from 1885 capturing a moment of national reflection. Bernhard Gillam handles every aspect of the interior art, from writing to coloring, crafting a layered scene around a monument to Ulysses S. Grant that bears "Grant's Last Letter," where figures representing Southern and Northern Soldiers, Capital, Labor, and various political and ethnic groups pay tribute. Eugene Zimmerman’s cover, rendered in pencils and inks, complements the issue’s thematic weight with a distinct visual style.
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A large group of men are gathered around a monument to bust Ulysses S. Grant that includes "Grant's Last Letter." Some of the men are laying wreaths at the base, labelled Southern Soldiers, Northern Soldiers, Our Friend and Old Soldiers. Some of the men are labelled Capital, Labor, Republican, Democrat, Irish and German. Standing in the background, separate from the others, are William M. Evarts, Whitelaw Reid, James G. Blaine, John A. Logan and George M. Robeson.
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