Artist: Frederick Victor Gillam (1858 – 1920) was an English-born American political cartoonist, the younger brother of famed cartoonist Bernhard Gillam (1856–1896),
Title: George Washington, No. 2.
Signed and Titled in the plate.
Caption: beneath the title:
Father Democracy - Now who has cut my cherry tree down, just it was promised such great results next year?
Young Grover - I can't tell a lie, Pa; I did it with my little hatchet.
F. D. - Oh, you did, eh? Then I shall have to thrash the life out of you.
Dimensions: Sheet 13 1/2" x 10".
Publisher: William J. Arkell.
Editor: Isaac Gregory.
Printers: Sackett, Wilhelms Betzig, Lithographers/Printers.
Edition: 1st.
Date: 1883.
Materials and Techniques: Color lithograph on paper.
Condition: Printed text on the back as issued. Torn from the bound volume. The right edge is a rough cut. A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Part of: Judge magazine, New York, February 19, 1887. Vol. II No. 279. Front cover.
Note: Depicted President Grover Cleveland as an opponent of democracy.