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William Henry Walker

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Ink caricature of a kneeling man clasping a smiling woman's hand, her skirt lettered TARIFF, a top hat on the floor.

Love is blind

1912

Charcoal drawing of a helmeted soldier entering a dark cave under cliffs, with the inscription 'All hope abandon ye who enter

Lives of great men all remind us, We can make our lives sublime

1915

Caricature of a money bag with a bandit mask driving a dollar-headlamp car over fleeing people on open ground.

A man represented as a large bag of money with a robber mask knocks over small people with his car

1903

Ink caricature of Uncle Sam dancing with Britannia, waving flags, with a lion, a drummer boy, and fireworks around them.

Uncle Sam and a woman representing Britain walk arm-in-arm in a procession, carrying each other’s flags

1903

Ink drawing of three marching figures with drums and a suffrage flag, one man lying fallen beneath them, 1909.

The Spirit of ’09

1909

Ink cartoon of Uncle Sam embracing a stout woman, with a lion and eagle and Bunker Hill obelisk in the panel above.

Uncle Sam kisses a stout woman, probably representing Great Britain

1914

Pen-and-ink drawing of a tilting sailing ship named Investor sinking as a rowboat of pirates escapes under a skull flag.

A large sailing ship representing investors sinks as a small group of pirates row away with their money

1907

Pen-and-ink caricature of seated men labeled Liar before a judge with a gavel, under a banner reading Our Motto: You're A Lia

Regular meeting of the Ananias Club

1909

Charcoal drawing of a seated man in a suit among bearded doctors in white aprons, a sign reading Genoa Hospital, 1922.

Uncle Sam sits in the waiting room of ‘Genoa Hospital,’ attended to by several doctors

1922

Pen-and-ink cartoon of a stout man reading 'The New Freedom' beside a crowd, a folded-arm onlooker, and half-timbered houses.

This is a sharp medicine, but it will cure all diseases

1914

Drawing of two men in top hats, one in medal-covered uniform, beside an officer holding a medal case on a harbor deck.

Medals for meddling

1920

Black and white drawing of an elephant tangled in ropes labeled taxes and income tax, with a donkey and a distant domed build

The Republican Party elephant is tangled in ropes representing the farmer bloc, taxes, income tax, bonus, and the hig…

1922

Pen and ink drawing of a medalled officer leaning toward a woman in a patterned skirt holding a flower, with a figure behind.

A soldier courts a woman

1901

Ink drawing of a ragged man with two dogs speaking up to a woman behind a paneled counter, with a chair and horseshoe.

A man with ragged clothes and two dogs talks to a woman behind a counter

1896

Pen drawing of a gowned professor greeting a crowd of boys with protest signs beside advertisements for quick education.

A man advertises a college education in one year, where students learn how to get rich, and has attracted a crowd of…

1903

Ink drawing of Uncle Sam embracing a helmeted woman, with a lion and griffin in a panel above.

My fair one, let us swear an eternal friendship

1914

Pencil sketch of a smiling man in a top hat dancing with a horned, winged demon.

Two fat men in suits dance happily with a demon

Charcoal drawing of two women seated in conversation in a parlor with bookshelves and a framed portrait, 1904.

Two women sit talking in a parlor

1904

Ink drawing of an elderly Uncle Sam in a steaming wash tub beside a uniformed officer and a bar of ARMY soap.

Uncle Sam, soaking wet in a wash tub, with a bar of ‘army’ soap

1902

Ink drawing of a frightened woman in bed facing a swarm of skeletal birds with long beaks in a dark room.

The milliner’s nightmare

1896

Pen-and-ink satire: a crowd of armored men with labeled shields and banners faces a small boy defending a castle wall.

A young boy successfully defends a castle from an army of men representing different problems in society

1901

Pen drawing of a crowd of elephants with flags before a domed building, with elephant balloons overhead and a donkey at left.

The lawn before the White House is crowded with Republican Party elephants

1921

Pen drawing of a standing man holding a hat facing a seated woman in a wicker chair on a porch by the water.

A man talks to a seated woman, who is crying, on a porch at a beach

1896

Ink and crayon sketch of a leaping winged figure with a house on its head holding a compass, signed William Henry Walker, 191

Col House

1916

Pen and ink drawing of a large woman in white seated on the lap of a smaller man in black in a dim interior.

A large woman in white sits on the lap of a smaller man in black who is seated on the edge of a bed

1897

Ink drawing of a headless policeman with many arms holding money bags, weapons and a bomb, labeled New York City, 1913.

A coat of arms

1913

Pen and ink caricature of a winged smiling man with an olive branch flying above a boat labeled Democratic Ark with a donkey.

The dove of peace

1913

Pen and ink drawing of anthropomorphic animals in clothing around a restrained patient on a surgical table, 1908.

The Vivisector; I take everything back

1908

Pen and ink caricature of men playing in a heap of coins on a beach while poor children and dogs watch from the left.

Men, including Andrew Carnegie, play on a beach made of coins, watched by three poor children and their dogs

1908

Pen and ink caricature of a group of exaggerated men in suits, one pointing, with varied scowling and grinning expressions.

Hem Haw Haw Hem!

1909

Pen drawing of a chained man beside a guard, surrounded by caricatured soldiers of various nations labeled by country, dated

His punishment. To wear one of these uniforms each day of the week

1914

Pen and ink drawing of a woman orator on a platform before a seated audience holding protest signs in an ornate hall.

Convention of the Husband Reform Club

1896