Black & white lithograph. 24.5x32 cm. (9½x12½") plus margins.

"The Tables Turned You Sabe Him Kealney (sic) Must Go" was published by I.N. Choynski, one of the first, if not the first antiquarian bookseller in San Francisco. The image shows Denis Kearney in prison stripes, with Chinese poking insults at him. He had been jailed for inciting a riot. The S.F. Board of Supervisors had passed an emergency ordinance banning incendiary speech following some of Kearney’s fiery speeches against San Francisco’s rich on Nob Hill. A parade of thousands marched through the city in support of Kearney. The Chinese in San Francisco, however, were less than appreciative of his nativist and racist views toward Chinese immigrants. An important early political print. Provenance: Collection of Margaret Gee.