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The one man power in our jury system / J. Keppler.

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The one man power in our jury system / J. Keppler.

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Illustration shows an old hag labeled "Tradition" sitting in a chair labeled "Justice" and holding a large balance scale labeled "LAW" with ten men on the right and one smug man labeled "Stubbornness, Ignorance, [and] Prejudice" sitting in the tray on the left next to a sack labeled "Venality"; he outweighs the other ten. Uncle Sam is attempting to kick the man out of the balance; at his feet is a paper that states "'Remember, you want twelve jurymen and we want only one' (Monopolist)"

Caption: We shall see the day when Uncle Sam will kick the obstructionist out of the jury-box.
Illus. from Puck, v. 18, no. 466, (1886 February 10), centerfold.
Copyright 1886 by Keppler & Schwarzmann.

Alois Senefelder, the inventor of lithography, introduced the subject of colored lithography in 1818. Printers in other countries, such as France and England, were also started producing color prints. The first American chromolithograph—a portrait of Reverend F. W. P. Greenwood—was created by William Sharp in 1840. Chromolithographs became so popular in American culture that the era has been labeled as "chromo civilization". During the Victorian times, chromolithographs populated children's and fine arts publications, as well as advertising art, in trade cards, labels, and posters. They were also used for advertisements, popular prints, and medical or scientific books.

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01/01/1886
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Keppler, Joseph Ferdinand, 1838-1894, artist
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