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Joseph Keppler
Cartoon from Puck1880-1889

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Color lithograph from Puck magazine; two allegorical female figures in classical drapery face each other in a woodland landscape, one in yellow pointing toward the other in pink, with a river and rocky cliffs behind them; German-script caption below
Color lithograph political cartoon from Puck magazine, crowded scene with caricatured figures carrying banners and signs including "No Pay No Stay" and "Funds for an Aggressive Campaign," a jester on horseback, and figures in period clothing engaged in chaotic activity, with German-language caption below.
Color lithograph political cartoon from Puck magazine, with German caption. A large caricatured figure dressed as the biblical Samson in animal-skin garments swings a jawbone weapon, driving back a group of armored caricatured figures at right. A donkey labeled 'Democrat' stands at left. Scattered papers on the ground bear state names including Vermont. Fine pen-and-ink linework with flat color washes in green, blue, and brown tones.
Color lithograph political cartoon from Puck magazine, showing a crowd of men in 19th-century suits and robes gathered on a rocky outcrop, gazing toward a distant Capitol building. Several figures kneel or crouch over inscribed stone tablets in the foreground. German text caption appears below.
Color lithograph political cartoon from Puck magazine, titled 'Feinde der Republik' in German caption below. A robed female allegorical figure in an American-flag-patterned dress gestures protectively toward a seated bearded man at left, while a crowd of men at right pull at her garment and carry banners reading 'Total Abstinence Fanatics,' 'Political Wranglers,' and other labels.
Color lithograph political cartoon from Puck magazine; a caricatured hunter in colonial-style dress brandishes a rifle amid a chaotic hunting scene, with several dogs including one labeled "SATIRE," fallen animal figures, and a bald eagle in flight near a domed building in the background; German caption below.
Color lithograph cartoon from Puck magazine; a chubby, curly-haired child in a top hat and cape wields an oversized pen like a lance, with a long ribbon unfurling around him containing multiple small illustrated vignettes of political and social scenes, each labeled with captions in English and German script.
Artist or Maker
Joseph Keppler
Artist or Maker
Bernhard Gillam
Title
Cartoon from Puck
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1880-1889
Medium
Lithograph
Dimensions
13 3/4 × 20 1/4 × 1 in. (34.93 × 51.44 × 2.54 cm) Sheet (each): 13 1/4 × 20 in. (33.66 × 50.8 cm) Image (each): 11 1/2 × 18 1/2 in. (29.21 × 46.99 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Irene Salinger in memory of her father, Adolph Stern
Accession Number
54.70.29.1-.57
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings