Illustrated Political Chart: A Cartoon of American Politics and the Tapeworm Frame Style:Ebony Frame with the composed gravity of

with the composed gravity of a man who knew posterity was already taking notes

Winfield Scott

with branches and bureaus arrayed in tidy boxes as if the Constitution itself could be read at a glance

Lee and His Army at Appomattox Court House

Illustrated Political Chart: A Cartoon of American Politics and the Tapeworm Frame Style:Ebony Frame with the composed gravity ofIllustrated Political Chart: A Cartoon of American Politics and the Tapeworm renders the body politic as host to a parasite, the Gilded Age's bossism and graft drawn out as a literal worm coiling through the republic's gut satire with the diagnostic confidence of a medical engraving. About the Source Bella Frye sources artifacts from the great American historical archive the Library of Congress, the National Archives, regional historical societies,