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'A Common Sorrow', 1881. Artist: Joseph Swain
'A Common Sorrow', 1881. Britannia comforts America after the death of the President on the 19th September 1881. James A Garfield was shot and severely wounded at the beginning of July 1881 by a man named Charles Guiteau who was a supporter of the Republican party. Guiteau was eventually executed, but the President lingered for more than two months before eventually dying from his wounds. From Punch, or the London Charivari, October 1, 1881.
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AR928722
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3668px × 5132px
Photo Credit
HIP / Art Resource, NY
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19th century
allegorical figure
AMERICA
B&W
B/W
Black & White
Black and white
Britannia
Cartoon
COMFORT
comforting
concept
country
Crime
Death
Engraving
GARFIELD
Grief
Heritage Image Partnership
James A
James A Garfield
James Abram
JAMES ABRAM GARFIELD
John Tenniel;Tenniel
John;Sir John Tenniel
JOSEPH
Joseph Swain
Law
LOCATION
METAPHOR
Monochrome
Murder
NINETEENTH CENTURY
President
Print Collector1
Satire
shoulder to cry on
Sorrow
SUPPORT
SUPPORTING
SWAIN
united in grief
UNITED STATES
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
usa