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Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum.
An Exchange of Olive Branches
Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum.

An Exchange of Olive Branches

Artifact ID1969.80.126
Object Type Cartoon Clipping
Date ca. January 1891
Medium Paper, ink
DimensionsOverall H 13 1/2 in x W 10 1/4 in (34.3 cm x 26 cm )
Physical Description
Physical DescriptionCover cartoon from the January 21, 1891 Puck magazine. A man (identifiable as James G. Blaine) holds an olive branch (“To England”) to another man (“Lord Salisbury”) who also holds a branch (“To America”). They stand next to a building (“Behring Sea Fisheries”). On a shelf is a metal suit of armor and pants (“Jim’s Fighting Rig”) and an empty hook (“Bayard’s Common-Sense Diplomatic Suit”). Blaine says, “Let us have peace!”, and Lord Salisbury answers, “Yes, Mr. Blaine, with the aid of Mr. Bayard’s policy and Arbitration, I think we shall!”. Caption: "An Exchange of Olive Branches." Additional text across the top: “Puck” “What fools these Mortals be!”. Additional text at upper left: “Vol. XXVIII. - No. 724.”. Additional text at upper center: “New York, January 21, 1891”. Additional text at upper right: “Price, Ten Cents.”. Additional text at upper left: “Keppler & Schwarzmann, Publishers.”. Additional text at upper center: “Copyright, 1891, by Keppler & Schwarzmann.”. Additional text at upper right: “Puck Building, Cor. Houston & Mulberry Sts.”. Additional text at upper center: “Entered at the post office at New York and admitted for transmission through the mails at second-class rates.”. Artist's signature lower right: “Dalrymple.”
Historical NoteThe Bering Sea Arbitration was a dispute between the United States and the United Kingdom about rights to hunt seals in the Bering Sea in the early 1890s.
Additional Details
Custodial History NoteThis item was given to the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum Collection in 1969.
Credit LineGift of Mr. Ralph E. Becker
National Archives Catalog CollectionLyndon B. Johnson Library Museum Collection (National Archives Identifier 192413)
National Archives Catalog SeriesGifts to the LBJ Library (National Archives Identifier 189698391)
Use Restriction StatusUnrestricted
Use Restriction NoteReproduction or other use of these holdings or images thereof is unrestricted.
Person Referenced Robert Gascoyne-Cecil (Great Britian, 1830 - 1930)
Person Referenced James G. Blaine (United States, 1830 - 1893)
In Collection(s)
Not on view
Place Described
Bering Sea
Place Gifted
New York
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