Beauties of the Installment Plan, Friedrich Graetz, 12 September 1883

Print shows at center, a "profits" driven retail salesman who lets his merchandise go "cheap" and at a "bargain" through an "easy payments" plan depicted in the jaws of a trap, with an "agreement", also depicted in the jaws of a trap, that states "goods forfeited if installment not paid when due". Vignettes surrounding the central figure show such merchandise as chairs, carpets, beds, "the baby-carriage", a stove, sewing machine, and the dinner table, being "carried off" for failure to pay on time. Puck magazine united states, 1880-1889 prints; lithographs color lithograph gift of mrs. Irene salinger in memory of her father, adolph stern (54. 70. 29. 16) prints and drawings. Date: 12 September 1883. Dimensions: 19 x 13 in. (48.26 x 33.02 cm). Collection: Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Cartoon from Puck LACMA 54.70.29.16