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The Monkey System or "Every One for Himself at the Expense of His Neighbor!!!!!!!!"
The economic plan known as the "American system" is caricatured in this lithographed political cartoon. The American system is depicted as a menagerie consisting of four cages of monkeys (including one mandrill) who reach between the bars to steal food from other cages. The cages are label...
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| Collection: | Historical Society of Pennsylvania cartoons and caricatures collection (#3133) |
| Date: | 1831 |
| Alternate Date: | 1831 |
| Extent: | 1 loose sheet |
| Box Number: | Box 3 |
| Folder Number: | Folder 1 |
| Format: | Electronic |
| Language: | English |
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Edward Williams Clay, 1799-1857
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| Copyright: | Please contact Historical Society of Pennsylvania Rights and Reproductions (rnr@hsp.org) |
| Online Access: | https://digitallibrary.hsp.org/index.php/Detail/objects/12341 |
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