File:The Royal Feast of Belshazzar Blaine and the Money Kings (1884).jpg

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English: 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.
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Originally printed in New York World, October 30, 1884.

Reprinted: Belshazzar Blaine and the Money Kings. HarpWeek. HarpWeek, LLC.
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Walt McDougall  (1858–1938)  wikidata:Q3565651 s:en:Author:Walter Hugh McDougall
 
Walt McDougall
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Walter Hugh McDougall; Walter McDougall; Walter H. McDougall
Description American cartoonist and children's writer
Date of birth/death 10 February 1858 Edit this at Wikidata 6 March 1938 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Newark Edit this at Wikidata Waterford Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q3565651
Valerian Gribayedoff  (1858–1908)  wikidata:Q7911210 s:en:Author:Valerian Gribayedoff
 
Valerian Gribayedoff
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Valérien Gribayédoff
Description Russian journalist and illustrator
Date of birth/death 1858 Edit this at Wikidata 1908 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Kronstadt Edit this at Wikidata Paris Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q7911210
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