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William Henry Walker

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Ink drawing of a boy in police uniform with a club approaching a bearded old man asleep on a snowy park bench.

A boy dressed as a police officer, representing 1908, prepares to roust an old man (1907) who is sleeping on a bench

1908

Pencil drawing of a man in a bicorn hat riding a donkey labeled Democratic, leading cheering marching troops with raised musk

William Jennings Bryan as a general, riding the Democratic Party donkey and cheered by his troops

1906

Pencil drawing of men pumping water from a sinking ship labeled U.S. Steel, with passengers in the water.

J.P. Morgan and Charles Schwab try to pump water from a sinking ship representing the U.S. Steel Industry

1903

Caricature of a tailcoated man gesturing to a crowd beside a box labeled N.Y. N.H. & Hartford R.R. and a $12,000,000 bag.

The fiscal prestidigitator; Here ladies, it’s all vanished into thin air, never to return

1914

Pen-and-ink cartoon of a customs inspector herding chained prisoners in striped suits through a crowded US Custom House hall.

The Law. Returning Americans will be regarded as criminals until proven innocent

1911

Pen drawing of an elephant labeled GOP and a horse labeled TRUST pulling a plow that turns up piles of coins.

The Republican Party elephant and a fat horse representing the Trusts are hitched together on a plow that is harvesti…

1901

Four-panel ink drawing comparing US and German factory workers in 1919 and 1926, with strike signs, smokestacks and a closed

The Hare and the Tortoise

1919

Ink drawing of a giant question mark over a hillside, with two running men and a figure falling from the curve, dated 1902.

A man chases two wounded men out of South Africa

1902

Pen-and-ink cartoon of a laurel-crowned man on a Republican Party column, with a trust figure reaching for a political contri

The Republican Party is depicted as a two-faced man

1902

Pen and ink caricature of a heavyset man labeled TAFT seated in the Panama Canal, with ships on both banks, signed 1906.

Secretary of War William Howard Taft sits in the Panama Canal

1906

Caricature of a man with glasses chopping a tree marked high tariff with an axe labeled tariff revision, 1903.

Theodore Roosevelt chops down a tree representing high tariffs with an ax representing tariff reform

1903

Ink caricature of planet figures in a courtroom, with a globe-headed Earth on trial and a radiant sun figure beside a bicycle

Figures representing the planets are in a court room. Earth is on trial, accused by the Sun

1896

Pen-and-ink caricature of portly men in top hats chained together, labeled Siberia, guarded by uniformed soldiers.

Exiled to Siberia

1910

Charcoal drawing of Uncle Sam as Samson with long hair labeled liberty and prosperity, a woman with shears, and a lion.

Uncle Sam as Sampson, admiring his long hair representing individuality, competition, liberty, and prosperity

1903

Pen and ink drawing of a large elephant reaching over a bar counter as bottles fly and a small dog lies on the counter.

Why don’t you take someone your size

1909

Charcoal drawing of a smiling soldier and two girls with flags walking toward a woman with open arms in a rural landscape.

Mother

1919

Charcoal sketch of a helmeted soldier pointing toward an explosion with debris flying, soldiers in the background, 1918.

Our National game in 1918

1918

Charcoal drawing of a stout man labeled Trusts pushing past two men, while a woman in a star-patterned gown looks away.

A fat man representing the Trusts pushes aside men representing competition and legislation to get the attention of C…

1902

Pen-and-ink cartoon of a cossack with a raised sword over a fallen woman, with dancers under PEACE banners behind.

On with the dance

1912

Ink caricature of two top-hatted men aboard the steamship Jerusalem, smoking and sailing through rough waves.

Messrs Klaw and Erlanger en route to the Holy Land

1910

Charcoal sketch of anthropomorphic animals in military and civilian dress, including a rooster with a sword, by William Henry

Animals representing several countries

1921

Ink caricature of a stern schoolteacher confronting unruly caricatured figures in a classroom with a chalkboard slogan.

If you do this all winter, I shall have to speak about i

1916

Ink drawing of a striding Uncle Sam figure on a scooter speeding past ragged figures labeled Europe, signed and dated 1920.

The Scooter

1920

Charcoal cartoon of uniformed men at a conference table with steins, a pointing general, and a basket of treaty papers.

At a negotiating table, several large and angry Germans intimidate a few American diplomats

1916

Ink drawing of blindfolded Justice facing a line of women, beside two seated men on boxes labeled widows' savings and rake of

Will they get it

1914

Drawing of a boy with a lunch box walking past a factory wall marked Post No Bills toward a factory entrance door.

A young boy with a lunch box goes to work at a factory

1922

Charcoal caricature of two standing men, one in military uniform and cap, one in overcoat and fedora, dated 1920.

For President. General Leonard Bryan. Vice President. Wlliam Jennings Wood

1920

Ink drawing of a sleeping figure in an iron bed beside a candle, and a woman sweeping coals at an ornate fireplace.

Man’s Rights. Suburban

1910

Charcoal cartoon of a spiked-helmet soldier wagging a finger at a gaunt civilian in suspenders, flags on the horizon, 1918.

Fritz; Emperor, the Sammies; I tell you, there are no such animals

1918

Pen drawing of a short man in evening dress gesturing to a taller woman in a long gown at a party.

A short man talks to a stern taller woman at a party

1896

Charcoal drawing of three men dressed as the Fates, one spinning thread, one holding shears, one with money bags, 1903.

Three men in the parts of the three Fates

1903

Pen-and-ink cartoon of a lion in a suit and an eagle chained to a ball labelled Politics at a desk, 1920.

The bird of freedom. B of F. Don’t bother me, I am not free until after election

1920