The Royal Feast of Belshazzar Blaine and the Money Kings (detail), Valerian Gribayedoff, 30 October 1884

Detail of a political cartoon parodying james g. Blaine. Wealthy and influential figures dine on dishes labeled "lobby pudding", "monopoly soup", "navy contract", etc. While a poor family begs. Subtitles below the cartoon read: "mammon's homage", "blaine hobnobing with the mighty money kings", "the banquet in his honor at delmonico's last night", "millionaires and monopolists seal their allegiance". Guests include: (left to right): businessman david dows; financier jay gould; unknown; blaine; new york tribune editor whitelaw reid; financier william henry vanderbilt illustrated by walt mcdougall and valerian gribayedoff. Date: 30 October 1884.