Science, or sport? [picture] : a modern spectacle after an old model.
Keppler, Joseph Ferdinand,1838-1894.
Bennett, J. G.
[New York? : Puck Magazine,
1882]
Engraved by J. Keppler.
Illustration appearing on p.202-203 of Puck.
Engraving showing dying and dead explorers on an ice-floe within an arena hung with banners, parodying the Roman Coliseum. There is a group of dignatories watching from a royal box displaying a banner 'Reserved for J.G. Bennett and other Crowned Heads' and other observers with thumbs turned down. The arena is also hung with notices of death of Kane, de Long, Franklin, etc., apparently an editorial criticism of Bennett, the sponsor of the Jeannette expedition.
Jeannette (Ship)
Jeannette Expedition (1879-1881)
Scientific expeditions