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English: "The Great Presidential Puzzle": "Illustration shows Senator Roscoe Conkling, leader of the Stalwarts group of the Republican Party, playing a puzzle game. All blocks in the puzzle are the heads of the potential Republican presidential candidates, among them Grant, Sherman, Tilden, and Blaine. Conkling rests his head on one hand and the other on Blaine's "head" as though ready to move it to the empty space in the box." Chromolithograph. Parodies the famous 14-15 puzzle (the Rubik's cube of the 1880s).
فارسی: پازل بزرگترین روئسای جمهور: نقاشی سناتور رسکو کونکینگ رهبر گروه مدافعان از حزب جمهوری خواه را در حین بازی پازل نشان می‌دهد. همه خانه‌ها در ‍‍پازل با سر یک نامزد رپیس جمهوری حزب جمهوری خواه پر شده‌است، در میان آنها گرنت، شرمن، تیلدن و بلین به چشم می‌خورند. کونکینگ از یک سو می‌خواهد سر خود را قرار دهد و از سوی دیگر آماده‌است تا سر بلین را بر روی مکان خالی جعبه ببرد. تصویر رنگی بر روی چاپ سنگی. fa:نقیضه‌ای معروف از پازل پانزده‌تایی (fa:مکعب روبیک دهه ۱۸۸۰)
Français : "The Great Presidential Puzzle" : Illustration montrant le sénateur Roscoe Conkling, à la tête des Stalwarts du parti républicain, jouant avec un puzzle. Tous les blocs de ce puzzle sont les têtes des candidats républicains aux présidentielles potentiels, parmi eux Grant, Sherman, Tilden et Blaine. Chromolithographie.
Italiano: Una parodia del gioco del quindici in un'illustrazione (“The Great Presidential Puzzle”, cromolitografia, 1880) di James Albert Wales. L'illustrazione raffigura il senatore repubblicano Roscoe Conkling (1829-1888), leader della corrente degli Stalwart, intento a giocare al rompicapo con le teste dei candidati alla presidenza degli Stati Uniti d'America. Si riconoscono, in particolare, le teste di Grant, Sherman, Tilden e Blaine.
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Author Mayer, Merkel, & Ottmann: lithographers
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