The image first achieved notability when published as a chromolithograph by Currier and Ives. Circa 1887, a chromolithograph of a female Samoan snake charmer appeared in Nigeria. He stayed with "Puck" for 18 years, drawing everything from spot illustrations to chromolithograph covers. In 1897, John Jacob Hipp produced a chromolithograph with the same title. A chromolithograph was then created and sold to benefit the families of Union soldiers.