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John Samuel Pughe

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Colored caricature of a funeral procession past the White House, with mourners following a hearse labeled Calamity Cry Killed

The dead issue

1895

Colored caricature of three black-clad mourners at tombstones of political laws, with the Capitol dome behind them.

They mourn their loss

1894

Color cartoon of a large soldier holding a flag and rifle above stacked guns, with older men crouching over anti-expansion sc

The flag must ‘stay put’

1902

Colored cartoon of a bear in Russian uniform with sabre beside a French figure, facing a British soldier before a battle in T

Reckless defiance

1900

Colored cartoon of farm animals in human clothing at a meeting; a bull speaks from a platform beside a Meat Trust sign.

The other side

1902

Colorful 1896 political caricature of crowded figures in a congressional chamber, with a gavel-holding man and labeled placar

A few pleasant recollections of the fifty-fourth Congress

1896

Colored caricature of Uncle Sam with canal plans, an angry woman with umbrella, and figures labeled Colombia and Philippines.

Still scolding

1904

Cartoon of a barker presenting caricatured political attractions like a gold bug, money devil and trust octopus in a circus t

Opening of the Democratic dime museum for 1900

1899

Colour caricature of political figures in a theatre lobby, one holding a script titled Presidential Aspirations, 1896.

The old leading man retires

1896

Colour caricature lithograph of U.S. Senate figures, with a crowned Aldrich on a throne and satirical panels of politicians a

The commercial club of Washington

1905

Colored caricature of a woman in a green gown approaching a bureau counter while named political figures wait on a bench.

Looking for help

1903

Colored cartoon of Uncle Sam rowing a boat labeled Dingley Bill, with steamships on the horizon and a Republican Goose Pond s

A self-evident fact

1897

Chromolithograph cartoon of a factory with figures labelled McKinley and workers at steam boilers marked protection and sound

Firing up the wrong boiler

1897

Cartoon of a bearded foreign socialist welcomed by society hosts, contrasted with an inset of him among protesters and police

He used to be ‘A Menace’ - now he finds himself a fad

1906

Color cartoon of a bull-and-bear sleigh labeled Wall Street fleeing a snarling wolf through a snowy forest at night.

Over with the che-ild!

1907

Colored caricature of men dressed as Robin Hood characters, with labeled props like a lute, moneybags and a bow.

Farewell performance by Robbin’ Hood and his merry men

1905

Colored cartoon of caricatured old women and men pulling ropes on a Spanish-American War soldier statue.

Our busy old women

1899

Caricature of a man driving a sleigh marked Prosperity up a snowy hill, with two sledders labeled Deficit and Currency behind

He’d better cut behind

1898

Colorful 1899 cartoon of a genie labeled Free Silver emerging from a smoking jar over cowering turbaned men on a beach.

Democracy’s plight

1899

Colour cartoon of a chained bulldog eyeing a plate of American products while cats on a wall look on.

Our British watch-dog

1901

Colored caricature of a banquet with men in ancient dress, a hand writing Rate Legislation on the wall above a throne.

Belshazzarfeller’s feast

1905

Colour political cartoon of a donkey pulling a carriage of trust figures in top hats toward a dangling tariff carrot.

Not yet, and probably not soon

1908

Political cartoon of an elephant labeled GOP sinking in waves marked Public Patience while a man holds a reciprocity life lin

A timely warning

1903

Political cartoon: Uncle Sam hands money bags to socialist caricatures, while a businessman walks toward Industry and Thrift.

The socialists’ theory, and how it would work out

1899

Colored 1896 print of caricatured men in classical robes at a banquet table, with a skeleton holding a placard at right.

The skeleton at the feast

1896

Colour cartoon of Uncle Sam watching a Spanish crier read a proclamation before nation personifications outside a hotel.

Spain’s new street crier - with the same old cry

1897

Colorful caricature print of many satirical male figures on tilted sheets around a central winged cherub portrait with verses

Puck’s valentines

1905

Colored 1908 political cartoon of a caricature grafter over a banner of land and timber privileges, with an inset of Benedict

The modern Arnolds

1908

Color political cartoon of two white horses pulling a carriage in opposite directions, with Uncle Sam riding inside.

They can’t be hitched to the same carriage

1898

Colour cartoon of a cowboy on horseback lassoing labeled cattle at a gate marked Reciprocity Corral, 1902.

A strenuous job on the Cuban ranch

1902

Colored 1899 cartoon of Uncle Sam standing over a map of China as European powers kneel and cut at it with shears.

Putting his foot down

1899

Colored cartoon of trust-labeled babies on a lawn with a storybook and a Home for Infant Industries sign, 1905.

The tariff tots

1905