3619763 The Cuban Melodrama, 1896 (chromolithograph) by Taylor, Charles (1855-1929) ; Private Collection; (add.info.: Print shows Uncle Sam in the role of the "Noble Hero" in a melodrama, defending a young woman labeled "Cuba" from the "Heavy Villain" labelled "Spain". America supported Cuba in the Cuban War of Independence (1895-8) against Spain, the intervention escalating into the Spanish-American War); American, out of copyright.