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English: Title: The pirate publisher - an international burlesque that has has the longest run on record
Abstract: Illustration shows a man, identified as the "Pirate Publisher", standing at center with one foot on a large book labeled "Law", he is wearing 17th century court dress, a large hat with four plumes labeled "American, French, German, [and] English", and a long cape that appears to be made from the title pages of pirated works of literature, and he is carrying two moneybags. Authors from "America, Germany, France, [and] England" form a half-circle behind him, included are "Mark Twain, C.D. Warner, G.W. Cable, E.C. Stedman, F. Brete Hart [i.e., Bret Harte], J. Hay, O.W. Holmes, F.R. Stockton, J.G. Whittier, T.B. Aldrich, W.D. Howells, J.R. Lowell, Heyse, Ebers, Scheffel, Zola, Sardou, A. Daudet, Jules Verne, Gilbert, Browning, Burnand, Hughes, Tennyson, [and] W. Collins", some hold papers labeled "James Payn, Louis Carroll, Thomas Hardy, [and] R.L. Stevenson. They are accusing the man of illegally publishing their work without compensating them, while the man maintains that he has a legal right to publish their books. There is a Jack-in-the-box labeled "The Hugh Conway Posthumous Producer"; the Jack holds a knife in one hand and a gun in the other. Includes choruses "of British Authors...French Victims...German and other Sufferers, [and] Humble American Authors". Physical description: 1 print : chromolithograph. Notes: J. Keppler.; Illus. from Puck, v. 18, no. 468, (1886 February 24), centerfold.; Copyright 1886 by Keppler & Schwarzmann.; Title from item. |
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