Published in July 1896 in Judge, this large-format cartoon anticipates imperial conflict before it arrives, responding directly to the Venezuelan Question while widening its critique to empire more broadly. European powers and the United States appear as caricatured figures advancing with official statements rather than weapons, as a dark shadow stretches between them, signaling consequences already in motion.
Drawn by Grant E. Hamilton, the image targets rhetoric instead of combat. Authority speaks in proclamations, but the direction of power is already visible. Appearing nearly two years before the Spanish-American War, the cartoon reflects a strain of American satire skeptical of expansionist logic and the claims used to justify it.
Original illustration from an 1896 issue of Judge, preserved as an archival artifact of anti-imperial dissent.
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Published in July 1896 in Judge, this large-format cartoon anticipates imperial conflict before it arrives, responding directly to the Venezuelan Question while widening its critique to empire more broadly. European powers and the United States appear as caricatured figures advancing with official statements rather than weapons, as a dark shadow stretches between them, signaling consequences already in motion.
Drawn by Grant E. Hamilton, the image targets rhetoric instead of combat. Authority speaks in proclamations, but the direction of power is already visible. Appearing nearly two years before the Spanish-American War, the cartoon reflects a strain of American satire skeptical of expansionist logic and the claims used to justify it.
Original illustration from an 1896 issue of Judge, preserved as an archival artifact of anti-imperial dissent.
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