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Description: Joshua A. Norton (1819-1880), self-proclaimed Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico. Also showing Frederick Coombs aka George Washington II. (digging) It is cartoonist Edward Jump's famous picture, from the Wasp. It was published on the occasion of Lazarus's death (thus either in 1863 or 1880, most likely the former). Further, Edward Jump, the cartoonist, "blew his brains out in a fit of drunken despair" on April 20, 1883 [1].
Title: Lazarus2
Credit: http://www.sfmuseum.org/hist6/lazarus.html / http://www.oac.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/tf3f59n9r9/?layout=metadata
Author: Edward Jump (cartoonist) in Wasp magazine
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