AQS257112 \'A Frightful Case of Inflation\', c.1863 (litho) by American School, (19th century); American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA; (add.info.: a bloated Treasury Secretary Salmon Chase tells President Lincoln (1809-65), General Benjamin Butler and Navy Secretary Gideon Welles, "Don\'t come near me any of you...I feel like bursting!!"; across his stock are labels of the various revenue-generating instruments of the U.S. Treasury;); 穢 Courtesy, American Antiquarian Society ; American, out of copyright.