Testimony in the great Beecher-Tilton scandal case illustrated / des. & drawn by James E. Cook 46 Desplaines St. ; Commercial Lith. Co. 180 Clark St., 1875

Testimony in the great Beecher-Tilton scandal case illustrated / des. & drawn by James E. Cook 46 Desplaines St. ; Commercial Lith. Co. 180 Clark St., 1875

Testimony in the great Beecher-Tilton scandal

Print shows, at center, Henry Ward Beecher with Elizabeth Tilton sitting on his lap as he embraces her, the "Holy Bible" open on her lap. Includes vignettes of the Henry Ward Beecher-Theodore Tilton scandal, including "Tilton & Woodhull [swimming] at Long Branch"; "Mrs. [Frank] Moulton kisses Beecher"; Beecher drinking one of his alcoholic "Poisons"; "Beecher on the Ragged Edge" of a saw blade, with caption "I feel like one in a dream" and a devil; "Mrs. Beecher" crying; and a prediction "The end of Beecher's trail all smoke year 1900." (LOC)

des. & drawn by James E. Cook

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

1875

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

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https://www.loc.gov/item/99400533/

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Lithographs: 1 print : lithograph with tint stone ; sheet 56 x 70.8 cm.

Testimony in the great Beecher-Tilton scandal case illustrated / des. & drawn by James E. Cook 46 Desplaines St. ; Commercial Lith. Co. 180 Clark St., 1875

1870-1880