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William Henry Walker

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Pen and ink caricature of an elephant wearing a GOP sash walking beside a mustached man in a top hat with a cane.

Second Empire

1908

Ink drawing of a family with a spear-carrying man, a woman and a child before a thatched hut, with a buffalo and chickens.

A black family stands before their hut and animals

1899

Ink drawing of the Statue of Liberty threatened by a winged top-hatted man with a Prohibition banner and a winged woman with

The Statue of Liberty is attacked by a man representing Prohibition and a woman representing Blue Laws

1921

Ink drawing of a robed figure parting reeds beside a baby in a basket floating on water.

Found; A third party

1912

Ink drawing of a top-hatted figure with a rifle gesturing to a seated man with a basket marked BOMBS, Capitol dome behind.

Vat ist der password; Vaterland Gute! Go as far as you like

1916

Pen and ink cartoon of a woman in a large plumed hat at a table with a man smoking, a winged Perkins figure and a Harvester T

The leading lady and the angel

1912

Ink drawing of a grinning man spinning inside a circular wheel attached to a wooden house, by William Henry Walker, 1912.

The squirrel cage

1912

Charcoal drawing of a child in a hat labeled Infant Industries squeezing small figures as coins fall into a bowl beside a pug

A man dressed as a child representing infant industries squeezes small men representing the public to make money fall…

1903

Ink drawing of three young men in top hats standing on a large money bag with a dollar sign, one using binoculars.

Three young men in top hats stand on top of a large bag of money, looking for something in the distance

1911

Pencil drawing of a stout man labeled TRUST confronting two shoe-shine boys in a shop with price signs, 1900.

A man representing Trusts angrily approaches two shoe-shine boys

1900

Pen drawing of a seated Uncle Sam figure with a lyre and a woman in classical dress pointing at smoke labeled European War.

Wake up, Sam

1915

Pen drawing of Uncle Sam lunging with a rifle at a small figure labeled Canada hauling a stone Alaska boundary marker on a sl

Uncle Sam runs to stop a small man, representing Canada, who is moving the 1825 Alaska Boundary Monument

1902

Pencil sketch of a golfer addressing a ball while two spectators watch, with rolling hills in the background.

Two men watch a third about to swing a golf club

1900

Pen drawing of Uncle Sam seated gesturing to a boy in overalls, with a woman in a bonnet on a porch and a farmhand by a fence

Uncle Sam and Columbia (dressed as a farmer’s wife) talk with a man depicted as a young boy in overalls

1899

Pen and ink caricature of Uncle Sam firing revolvers as three labeled figures watch warily, signed William Henry Walker 1901.

Uncle Sam smiles, jumps, and fires two guns to try to impress three men representing the Philippines, Cuba, and Porto…

1901

Ink drawing of a helmeted figure labeled WAR shaking hands with a pig in a top hat stuffed with dollar bills, dated 1918.

Packer; I can’t begin to tell you, old man, what you’ve done for me

1918

Unsmirched

1912

Pen and ink drawing of a boy surrounded by Christmas gifts, dogs with ribbons, a bicycle, and a rowboat.

Little Willie Rebates Xmas

1909

Ink cartoon of an enthroned allegorical figure labeled New York State, with women reaching up and men clutching savings bags.

Hopeless

1914

Charcoal drawing of a bird-headed figure in military uniform holding a laurel sprig before a shattered landscape, 1917.

Made in Germany

1917

Pen and ink drawing of a warrior facing a sea monster labeled Monopoly, beside a chained woman labeled Tariff and Protective.

Persous and Andromeda

1913

Pen and ink drawing of a reindeer pulling a G.O.P. sleigh driven by a Santa-like figure past a snowy house, 1911.

Santa Claus Taft. Assume a virtue if you have it not

1911

Pencil drawing of mice and elephants around a block labeled Gov. Cheese, with figures marked GOP, by William Henry Walker.

When the Cat’s away the mice will play

1919

Pen-and-ink caricature of a many-headed clergyman labeled with church denominations, with a small Unitarian figure beside it.

The Church Federation is represented as a man with many heads, each head representing a different denomination

1905

Ink cartoon of Uncle Sam scolding a man holding a bomb, with smoke from a munitions fire and a burning ship behind them.

Uncle Sam; Naughty! Naughty! If I catch you again blowing up munitions plants and putting bombs on ships I shall fine…

1918

Charcoal drawing of three perched bald eagles over years 1776, 1812, 1865, and a chained eagle beside a dollar money bag.

Ghosts of the Past

1917

Pen and ink cartoon of a GOP elephant in a dollar-print vest and a donkey, both struck by arrows from a cherub on horseback.

Both the wealthy Republican Party elephant and poor Democratic Party donkey have been struck by several arrows from a…

1901

Ink drawing of a looming monster over waves, with two running girls labeled Drama and Movie and a radio cabinet at right.

And the gobble . . . will git you if you don’t watch out

Ink drawing of a man fleeing down a city street carrying a child, pursued by another man, with a politician watching nearby.

When little Petter Vemicelli was kidnapped

1912

Two ink drawings of a speeding car: upper labeled Law Department with a man reading, lower labeled Ambulance with a red cross

Two images of a vehicle. In the first it is a law department; in the second it is an ambulance

1902

Drawing of a woman offering a League of Nations box to an older man in a top hat beside a money bag, 1919.

Columbia - Why, Uncle! And you never heard of the gold brick!

1919

Ink drawing of a bearded warrior with a bloodied sword facing a bespectacled man in a suit, with bodies on the ground.

When the Hun comes to the U.S. Pacifist

1917