1873 NY Daily Graphic newspaper w Political cartoon SEXUAL HARASSMENT Ben Butler

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1873 NY Daily Graphic newspaper with a front page political cartoon showing "SEXUAL HARASSMENT" by Benjamin Butler in the aftermath of the Civil War -
inv # 7Q-218
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SEE PHOTO----- COMPLETE, ORIGINAL NEWSPAPER, the
New York Daily Graphic
(NY, NY) dated Aug 16, 1873.
This is an 8-page newspaper with a page size of 20" x 13". It contains a front page political cartoon captioned: "Columbia's latest Suitor - Fair Heart Never Won Fair Lady."
It shows controversial Civil War General BENJAMIN BUTLER "feeling up Lady Columbia" as the symbol of the United States, while 7 men look on, smirking in the background.
Interesting cartoon portraying
"sexual harassment" during the Reconstruction Period in US history.
The Daily Graphic: An Illustrated Evening Newspaper was the first American newspaper with daily illustrations.
It was founded in New York City in 1873 by Canadian engravers George-Édouard Desbarats and William Leggo, and began publication in March of that year. It continued publication until September 23, 1889.
Flush with their printing success in Canada, Desbarats and Leggo relocated to New York in 1873 to found the Daily Graphic. Highly illustrated, its lavish engravings included cartoons, reproductions of paintings, and illustrations of contemporary news events and notable personalities. While pioneering, the paper was not a financial success, and Desbarats later returned to Montreal, with Leggo following at least by 1879.
The business management of the paper was initially headed up by Charles and James Goodsell. David Croly, former managing editor of the New York World, was the initial editor of the paper, serving from 1873 through 1878. Mark Twain wryly commented to Croly after seeing the first issue: "I don't care much about reading ... but I do like to look at pictures, and the illustrated weeklies do not come as often as I need them." Croly was an admirer of Walt Whitman, and published a number of his poems in the Graphic.
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