Chicago Nominee: 'I knew him, Horatio; a fellow of infinite jest...Where be your gibes now?–Hamlet, Act IV [sic], Scene 1', 1864, Wood engraving, Sheet: 12 x 16 5/8 in. (30.5 x 42.2 cm), Prints, Justin H. Howard (American, active 1856–80), This biting satire relates to the 1864 American presidential campaign, waged during the Civil War. Democratic nominee General George McClellan is caricatured as Hamlet in the famous graveyard scene in act 5 of Shakespeare’s play
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Chicago Nominee, I knew, Horatio, fellow, infinite jest.., your gibes now?–Hamlet, Act IV, sic, Scene 1, 1864, Wood engraving, Sheet, 12 x 16 5/8, 30.5 42.2 cm, Prints, Justin H. Howard, American, active, 1856–80, biting, satire, relates, 1864 American, presidential, campaign, waged, Civil War, Democratic nominee, General, George, McClellan, caricatured, Hamlet, famous graveyard, scene, act 5, Shakespeare, play
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