Fire Death Trap 1884 FIREPROOF ELEVATOR BUILDING Skyscraper Transparent Lie Firemen Flames Professionally Matted Puck Print shops Ready to Frame

This is an antique color print (chromolithograph) from PUCK, a weekly magazine published in 1884. Puck was the first successful humor magazine in the United States consisting of political satire expressed in colorful cartoons and caricatures which focused on the the major, mostly political, issues of the day. It was published from 1871 until 1918. Puck was quite popular in its day, and very popular among political cartoon collectors today. This series of PUCK cartoons are clever, beautifully illustrated and provide an historical picture of the state of politics in 1884. This print is about 135 years old and guaranteed to be original from that year and the original PUCK publication. (CLICK ON ICON BELOW TO UNCOVER ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THIS PRINT.)


TITLE: A TRANSPARENT LIE (See pictures for smaller text)

ARTIST: GRAETZ, SIGNED IN PLATE


CONDITION: EXCELLENT - This print is clear, clean, and bright. It has is no foxing, creasing or folds. Excellent definition. Nice clean, sharp lines.

The area inside the matte is 9 1/4" x 12 1/2" (including white space surrounding the image). Matted the print measures 12" x 16". This is a standard size matte that will fit into a standard size frame—no costly custom frames required.

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