Science, or sport? - A modern spectacle after an old model LCCN2012647208, 1882

Title: science, or sport? - a modern spectacle after an old model abstract: print shows a group of explorers of the polar regions, representing discovery and exploration, floating on an ice floe, they may all be on the verge of death; weighing judgement are james g. Bennett of the new york herald and several european heads of state sitting in an area labeled "reserved for j. G. Bennett and other crowned heads", as well as a group of men seated in an area labeled "in the name of science - more! more!". This latter group has already pronounced judgement by giving the "thumbs down" sign. Notices pasted on the walls of the arena state "kane died 1853, franklin died 1850, hall died 1871, [and] g. W. De long 1882" referring to explorers who died in the name of science. Physical description: 1 print: chromolithograph. Notes: illus. From puck, v. 11, no. 273, (1882 may 31), centerfold.;copyright 1882 by keppler & schwarzmann.;j. Keppler.;title from item. Date: 1882.