Bulls and Bears: The Great Wall Street Game
1883
35.0 x 55.0 cm
The financial panic of 1873, the worst before 1929, inspired this board game, in which the Bulls and the Bears - the speculators - are depicted fleecing the sheep - the public. The gameboard imagery is derived from cartoons by Joseph Keppler and Frederick Burr Opper satirizing robber barons Jay Gould, W.H. Vanderbilt, and Russell Sage, which appeared in the illustrated weekly magazine
john mcloughlin, jr. and edmund mcloughlin (1858 – 1920)
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About this artwork
- Title: Bulls and Bears: The Great Wall Street Game
- Artist: john mcloughlin, jr. and edmund mcloughlin
- Year: 1883
- Original dimensions: 35.0 x 55.0 cm
- Format: Landscape
- Copyright status: Public domain
- Color palette: Neutrals
- Color intensity: Balanced