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Print shows Uncle Sam standing on the left, leaning against a wall beneath a sign that states "What Killed Spain? Inquest Now Going On"; at center is the body of "Spain" lying on a stretcher and draped with the Spanish flag, a bloody razor labeled "Stupidity" is on the ground next to it. Clio is sitting on the right, writing in a book labeled "History". In the background John Bull representing England, is speaking with "Germany" (William II), and left of them are four figures representing "France" (Felix Faure), "Russia" (Nicholas II), "Austria" (Franz Joseph I), and "Italy" (Umberto I).
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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