Image: The Royal Feast of Belshazzar Blaine and the Money Kings (1884) 2

Description: A political cartoon parodying James G. Blaine. Wealthy and influential figures dine on dishes labeled "Lobby pudding", "Monopoly soup", "Navy contract", etc. while a poor family begs. Subtitles below the cartoon read: "Mammon's Homage", "Blaine Hobnobing with the Mighty Money Kings", "The Banquet in His Honor at Delmonico's Last Night", "Millionaires and Monopolists Seal Their Allegiance". Guests include: (left to right): Aspinwall [first name and occupation unknown]; J. F. Dillon, a former circuit court judge who rendered a decision favorable to Jay Gould; William Evarts, the Republican senatorial candidate in New York; Levi Morton, U.S. minister to France (and future vice president and New York governor); possibly Judge Scott Sloan of Wisconsin; financier Cyrus Field; businessman David Dows; financier Jay Gould; unknown; Blaine; New York Tribune editor Whitelaw Reid; financier William Henry Vanderbilt; Blaine campaign manager and coal baron Stephen Elkins; naval contractor John Roach; William Dowd, banker and unsuccessful Republican candidate for New York mayor in 1880; railroad mogul Chauncey Depew; Judge Noah Davis; businessman and Wall Street financier Rufus Hatch; banker Jesse Seligman; financier Russell Sage; and former congressman Anson McCook of New York. Illustrated by Walt McDougall and Valerian Gribayedoff.
Title: The Royal Feast of Belshazzar Blaine and the Money Kings (1884) 2
Credit: Originally printed in New York World, October 30, 1884. Reprinted: (2011) American Political Cartoons: The Evolution of a National Identity, 1754-2010, Transaction Publishers ISBN: 978-1-4128-1119-4.
Author: Walt McDougall
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
Attribution Required?: No