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Historical Masters of the Cartoon
Napoleon’s Decisive Moment
James Gillray (1756–1815). Exit libertè a la Francois! or Buonaparte Closing the Farce of Egalité, at St. Cloud near Paris Novr. 10th 1799. [London]: H. Humphrey, 1799. Hand-colored etching. Art Wood gift/purchase, 2001. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (002.00.00)
[Digital ID # LC-DIG-ppmsca-07510]
States of Emotion
Honoré Daumier (1808–1879). Emotions Parisiennes. L’or est une chimère—pour ceux qui n’ont pas le sou. [Paris]: Au Bureau du Charivari. Published in Le Charivari, October 26, 1839. Hand-colored lithograph. Art Wood gift/purchase, 2001. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (003.00.00)
[Digital ID # LC-DIG-ppmsca-07529]
Enduring Symbols of Empire
Sir John Tenniel (1820–1914). The British Lion’s Revenge on the Bengal Tiger, 1870. Copy of artist’s first version published in Punch in August 1857. Watercolor and gouache on paper. Swann Fund Purchase, 2009. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (004.00.00)
[Digital ID # LC-DIG-ppmsca-19308]
Twentieth Century Cartoon Critics
Questioning the Power of the Press
Art Young (1866–1943). Freedom of the Press, ca. 1912. Published in The Masses, December 1912. India ink over graphite underdrawing. Purchase, 2006–2007. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (005.00.00)
[Digital ID # LC-DIG-ppmsca-19519]
Urban Anxieties
Winsor McCay (1867–1934). Bootleg Whisky, Crime, Dope, ca. 1920s. Probably published in New York American, ca. 1920s. Ink and blue pencil over graphite underdrawing on layered paper. Gift of Fairleigh Dickinson University, 2001. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (006.00.00)
[Digital ID # LC-DIG-cph-3g13031]
Winsor McCay. Technocracy, 1933. Published in San Francisco Examiner, April 2, 1933. Ink and blue pencil over graphite underdrawing on layered paper. Gift of Fairleigh Dickinson University, 2001. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (007.00.00)
[Digital ID # LC-DIG-ppmsca-31363]
Image Prefigures a Depression Icon
Reginald Marsh (1898–1954). “Metropolis”—at the Rialto, ca. 1920s. Published in the New Yorker as That New German Film at the Rialto, March 26, 1927. Charcoal and ink on paper. Swann Memorial Fund purchase, 2001. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (008.00.00)
Britain Faces Nazi Threat
Leslie Illingworth (1902–1979). [The Challenge], 1939. Published in Punch as The Combat, November 6, 1939. Watercolor, ink, charcoal, and graphite on paper. Swann Memorial Fund purchase, 2009. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (009.00.00)
Attention Voters!
Anne Mergen (1906–1994). What’s Wrong with this Picture? between 1940 and 1952. Graphite and ink brush over graphite underdrawing on paper. Gift of Matthew Bernhardt and Christine Hoverman, 2006. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (010.00.00)
[Digital ID # LC-DIG-ppmsca-22147]
Youthful Perspective on Brown vs. Board of Education
Oliver Wendell Harrington (1912–1995). Bootsie. “Yeah, but did you guys ever stop to realize if they let us go to their schools we’re liable to wind up just as confused as those governors an’ judges!” Published in the Pittsburgh Courier, September 13, 1958. Crayon and graphite on paper. Art Wood gift/ purchase, 2003. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (011.00.00)
© Harrington Estate
[Digital ID # LC-DIG-ppmsca-06448]
Recent Editorial Cartoons
In Tribute
Felipe Galindo (b. 1957). Soldiers in Iraq. Published August 12, 2003. Ink with graphite and opaque white on paper. Gift of the artist, 2006. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (012.00.00)
© Felipe Galindo (Feggo)
[Digital ID # LC-DIG-ppmsca-31364]
Felipe Galindo. U.S. Soldiers in Iraq. Published August 12, 2003. Digital print. Gift of the artist, 2006. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (013.00.00)
© Felipe Galindo (Feggo)
[Digital ID # LC-DIG-ppmsca-31365]
Incursions on Privacy
Ann Telnaes (b. 1960). “I’ll need your phone number, Social Security number, birth date, political affiliation, and recent anti-war activity. . . ,” March 28, 2003. Brush and ink over graphite under drawing, red pencil, and opaque white. Gift of the artist, 2004. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (014.00.00)
© Ann Telnaes
[Digital ID # LC-DIG-ppmsca-31366]
More Than One Species Threatened
Jim Morin (b. 1953). “We have sad news: man has determined that, due to global warming, you are a threatened species. . . ,” December 29, 1906. Watercolor and ink with graphite. Gift of the artist. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (015.00.00)
© Miami Herald
[Digital ID # LC-DIG-ppmsca-31367]
Capturing a Historic Moment
Matt Wuerker (b. 1956). [Barak Obama being sworn in as President of the United States], January. 19, 2009. Published in Politico, January 19, 2009. Watercolor and ink over graphite underdrawing. Gift of the artist, 2010. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (016.00.00)
© Matt Wuerker
[Digital ID # LC-DIG-ppmsca-31368]
Concern for the Environment
Jeff Danziger (b. 1943). Progress in China, 2006. Graphite and ink on paper. Gift of the artist, 2007. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (018.00.00)
© Jeff Danziger, New York Times Syndicate/Cartoonists and Writers Syndicate
[Digital ID # LC-DIG-ppmsca-31370]
Jeff Danziger. Air Pollution in China Worsens, 2006. Photocopy of drawing in pencil and ink with added drawing in ink and opaque white. Gift of the artist, 2007. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (017.00.00)
© Jeff Danziger, New York Times Syndicate/Cartoonists and Writers Syndicate
[Digital ID # LC-DIG-ppmsca-31369]
Framing the Debate
Tony Auth (b. 1942). “NEXT!” 2004. Pen and ink, and brush and ink on paper. Gift of the artist, 2006. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (019.00.00)
AUTH ©2004 Philadelphia Inquirer. Reprinted with permission of UNIVERSAL PRESS SYNDICATE. All rights reserved.
[Digital ID # LC-DIG-ppmsca-31371]
Tony Auth. “NEXT!” 2004. Final version published in Philadelphia Inquirer, March 9, 2004. Digital print. Gift of the artist, 2006. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (020.00.00)
AUTH ©2004 Philadelphia Inquirer. Reprinted with permission of UNIVERSAL PRESS SYNDICATE. All rights reserved.
[Digital ID # LC-DIG-ppmsca-31372]
Marking the End of an Era
Edmund Valtman (1914–2003). “I can’t believe my eyes!” September 20, 1991. Published in the Waterbury (CT) Republican and the Middletown (CT) Press. Ink, opaque white, and tonal film over graphite underdrawing on paper. Gift of the artist, 1999. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (021.00.00)
Reproduced with permission.
[Digital ID # LC-DIG-ppmsc-07960]
Cover Designs and Single Panel Cartoons
Keeping Up With Technology
Alan Dunn (1900–1974). The Library of Congress in Microfilm, 1966. Published in the New Yorker, September 17, 1966. Ink and graphite or crayon on paper. Swann Memorial Fund Purchase, 2007.
Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (001.00.00)
“Affettuoso (with Feeling)”
Thomas Rowlandson (1756–1827). Discord, ca. 1780–1799. Watercolor, ink, and graphite. Gift of Mrs. Annette Kauffman, 2008. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (022.00.00)
[Digital ID # LC-DIG-ppmsca-19175]
Breach in Etiquette
Arnold Roth (b. 1929). Toward a modern ettiquette [sic]—lettuce boycott, ca. 1970s. Drawn for the Saturday Review of Literature. Watercolor and ink. Art Wood gift/purchase, 2001. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (023.00.00)
© Arnold Roth
[Digital ID # LC-DIG-ppmsca-09135]
Spirit of the Jazz Age
John Held, Jr. (1889–1958). [Female vocalist flanked by musicians], ca. 1927. Published as the cover of McClure’s Magazine, August 1927. Gouache, watercolor, pen, and ink. Swann Memorial Fund purchase. 2003. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (024.00.00)
© Estate of John Held, Jr. Courtesy of Illustration House, Inc.
[Digital ID # LC-DIG-cph-3g12960]
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