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title: Shylock's bad bargain
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/shylock-bad-bargain-1884/
description: 'Puck centerfold by Bernhard Gillam, 12 November 1884, eight days after the vote: financier Jay Gould as Shakespeare''s Shylock, in a stereotyped…'
section: Collection
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**Content note:** 1884 Puck cartoon against the financier Jay Gould and Blaine, with an antisemitic Shylock caricature. This object is shown as it was published. [Why](https://propagandaarchive.org/about/#as-it-was)

[![Shylock's bad bargain](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/shylock-bad-bargain-1884.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/shylock-bad-bargain-1884.jpg)

# Shylock's bad bargain

Puck centerfold by Bernhard Gillam, 12 November 1884, eight days after the vote: financier Jay Gould as Shakespeare's Shylock, in a stereotyped caricature of a Jewish moneylender, runs from men labelled 'German Vote', 'Merchants', 'Independent', 'Banker', 'Irish Vote' and 'Labor', waving a 'Bond for one pound of Uncle Sam's flesh, signed by J. G. Blaine'. A bust of Cleveland on the Doge's Palace is captioned as elected by the Independents.

[← Another voice for Cleveland](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/another-voice-for-cleveland-judge-1884/) ["The Mulligan guard lies, but - surrenders" →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/mulligan-letters-1884/)

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