Digital Image: 1893 Gillam Political Cartoon Criticizing the Government Response to the Panic of 189
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Title
Going Backward - The Democratic Policy.
1893 (undated) 13.25 x 20.5 in (33.655 x 52.07 cm)
1893 (undated) 13.25 x 20.5 in (33.655 x 52.07 cm)
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Cartographer
Bernhard Gillam (April 28, 1856 - January 19, 1896) was an American political cartoonist. Born in Banbury, Oxfordshire, England, Gillam and his parents immigrated to the United States in 1866 and settled in New York City. He found a job as a copyist in a lawyer's office but soon became interested in engraving. Following the success of having a few cartoons printed in the New York Graphic, Gillam shifted to cartooning. Over the course of his career, his work was published in Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, Harper's Weekly, Puck magazine, and Judge magazine, where he became director-in-chief in 1886. Gillam's cartoons played a major role in Grover Cleveland's election to the presidency in 1884 when one of his most remembered cartoons depicted his opponent, James G. Blaine, covered in tattoos referencing corruption charges from his political past. Gillam died of typhoid fever in Canajoharie, New York, in 1896. More by this mapmaker...
Source
Gillam, B. 'Going Backward - The Democratic Policy' Judge Vol. 24 No. 605, May 20, 1893. (New York: Judge Publishing Company).
Judge (1881 - 1947) was a weekly satirical magazine published in the United States. The first issue was first printed on October 29, 1881 and was only sixteen pages long. Judge was launched by James Albert Wales, Frank Tousey, and George H. Jessop, who had previously worked for its rival magazine Puck. In the mid-1880s, William J. Arkell purchased the magazine, which was having difficulty competing with Puck. Arkell, taking advantage of his considerable wealth, persuaded cartoonists Eugene Zimmermann and Bernhard Gillam to leave Puck and join the staff at Judge. As Arkell was a supporter of the Republican Party, Judge soon became a platform for criticizing the Democratic administration of Grover Cleveland, which was blamed for the Panic of 1893, among other issues. With support from the Republican Party, Judge saw a rise in popularity during the 1880s and 90s, surpassing Puck in both content and circulation. Judge also widely supported the candidacy of William McKinley, largely through the work of cartoonists Victor Gillam and Grant E. Hamilton. Judge reached its peak circulation of around 100,000 by 1912. One of its former editors, Harold Ross, used his experience at the magazine to launch his own publication, The New Yorker in 1925, which quickly began to compete with Judge. Due to the success of The New Yorker and the Great Depression, Judge became a monthly is 1932 and ceased circulation in 1947.