Tariff reform. Cleveland and Thurman
Colour lithograph for the Democratic ticket. An eagle on a fasces under the headline "Tariff Reform" sits above portraits of Grover Cleveland and Allen G. Thurman inside a horseshoe lettered "A public office is a public trust", with flags, a shield dated 1888, the Capitol, the Statue of Liberty and crowds of working men. Eagle, flags and Statue of Liberty lend the ticket national symbols (transfer); "Tariff Reform" and the public-trust motto are slogans in place of a stated schedule (glittering-generalities).
- Date
- September 17, 1888
- Period
- Pre-1914
- Made by
- Samuel Nagle and John Hertgen (copyright claimants per LOC shelflist card)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Party
- Regime
- Cleveland Administration
- Leader
- Grover Cleveland
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Event
- 1888 US Election
- Techniques
- Glittering generalitiesTransfer
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- Library of Congress, retrieved October 2, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain by age (published 1888); LOC rights advisory: No known restrictions on publication
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C.
Text on the object
TARIFF REFORM / A PUBLIC OFFICE IS A PUBLIC TRUST / 1888 / CLEVELAND AND THURMAN / COPYRIGHTED BY SAMUEL NAGLE AND JOHN HERTGEN
The copyright line at the foot is small and is read from a low-resolution detail; the surnames are as in the LOC record.
