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Vanity Fair: Statesman, No. 118 "Anything to Beat Grant"

Thomas Nast

Cleveland Museum of Art

The image depicts a caricature of a man with a large build and a gruff appearance. He has white hair and a bushy white beard and mustache. The man wears a long, light-colored coat over a dark vest and pants. A hat sits on his head. He holds several large newspapers in both hands. The newspapers have illegible writing on them. The man wears glasses and brown shoes. The background of the image is a muted brown color. At the top of the image, the text reads "VANITY FAIR" and "July 20, 1872". At the bottom, the text reads "STATESMEN, No. 118" and "'Anything to beat Grant.'"

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537 × 900 px
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