Justice in the web

Justice in the web

Item Information

Title:
Justice in the web
Description:
Illustration shows Jay Gould as a spider on a web of "Western Union" telecommunication lines that extend from several utility poles and cover (ensnare) Justice atop a "Courthouse".
Artist:
Opper, Frederick Burr, 1857-1937
Name on Item:
F. Opper
Date:
July 22, 1885
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Political cartoons
Lithographs
Magazine covers
Periodical illustrations
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Haynes to T. R. Roosevelt, 1877-1908. Cartoon & caricatures from Puck by: Gillam, Opper, Zimmerman & Graeter, 1880s (shelf locator)
Collection (local):
Americana Collection
Subjects:
Telegraph industry
Utility poles
Telegraph lines
Spiders
Courthouses
Cobwebs
Gould, Jay, 1836-1892
Western Union Telegraph Company
Extent:
1 print : lithograph, color ; 13 1/2 x 10 in.
Permalink:
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Publisher:
New York : Published by Keppler & Schwartzmann, office no. 21-23 Warren St.
Language:
English
Notes:
Title from item.
Summary from: Library of Congress Print & Photographs Collection.
Item from Puck magazine.
Accession #:
11_03_000057