Le Jeu Ne Vaut Pas La Chandelle (The Game is Not Worth a Candle)

Thomas Nast American, born Germany
 Subject Jay Gould

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The American robber baron Jay Gould (1832–1896) shakes hands wih the Russian Tsar Alexander in a secret alley. Text at right on a wall reads: "Wanted, a quiet place to be crowned in, or to rest my head. / Alexander III(?) / The grand question of the day.–The date of the coronation?" Alexander's father was assassinated in March 1881 but he was not crowed until May 1883.

Le Jeu Ne Vaut Pas La Chandelle (The Game is Not Worth a Candle), Thomas Nast (American (born Germany), Landau 1840–1902 Guayaquil), Wood engraving

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