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William Henry Walker

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Pen-and-ink caricature of political figures with human heads on animals, including a lion, giraffe, bears and hippo, with arm

Exterminated; Plenty of good game left for either Bill

1908

Charcoal cartoon of a frightened crowned king confronted by skeletons bearing banners labeled American Competition and Indian

A frightened king, possibly Great Britain, is threatened by skeletons

1901

Pen drawing of an elderly man reading a long scroll in an armchair, a younger seated man opposite, and an Anglo-Boer War map

John Bull (Great Britain) reads a long scroll with concern. Behind him is a map of the Anglo-Boer War

1902

Ink drawing of three caricatured men in top hats marching together, one holding a pipe and one a walking stick, with shamrock

The Day we (the Murphys) celebrate

1909

Charcoal caricature of an elderly bespectacled man in an armchair reading a page headlined 'The Sexiest of Sex Plays of the S

The sexiest of sex plays of the season

1922

Pen-and-ink drawing of two men with bicycles in a park, with a statue and trees behind them.

Two men with bicycles in a park

1896

Charcoal drawing of Santa Claus driving a motorcar with reindeer in back under a moonlit sky, with a hare running below.

Santa Claus speeding down the road in a motorized sleigh; reindeer seated in back

1903

Ink drawing of a man with a glowing halo surrounded by women in plumed hats, several reacting with expressive faces.

A man in a suit with a halo causes a group of ladies to either admire him or argue with each other

1898

Pen drawing of a rider galloping uphill toward a domed building, followed by a crowd of photographers with cameras and tripod

Theodore Roosevelt charges up a hill towards a building representing fame with a group of photographers following him…

1902

Pen and ink caricature of a driver and top-hatted passenger in an early car labeled Physician, I. Cut M.D.

A man driving a physician (I. Cut M.D.) in a car

1902

Ink drawing of a bearded older man in a baby walker labeled ANDY, with a toy elephant and a STEEL tag, signed 1912.

Sweet innocence

1912

Pen-and-ink cartoon: Uncle Sam riding a GOP elephant under a smiling sun, with a DEM donkey and an eagle below.

Life Inauguration Number

1905

Caricature of a man in a cap and bow tie holding newspapers about torpedoed ships and a factory explosion, 1916.

If their naughty men keep sinking my ships…

1916

Black silhouette figure with grey shadow below seven glowing white faces with spiky rays against a grey band.

A figure walks along an empty white environment, with seven shining faces in the sky

1897

Pen and ink drawing of a man firing a shotgun beside a wrecked buggy as a motorist speeds off down a country road.

A reckless motorist has caused a horse and buggy to crash

1901

Ink drawing of a bearded man in a top hat driving a draped hearse with urn finials, with motion lines suggesting speed.

Two men driving a hearse

1902

Pen and ink drawing of a policeman restraining a man with a monkey on his shoulder, with a city skyline behind them.

Carried away with his music or The man with a pull

1895

Pen and ink drawing of three women in 1890s dresses talking in a room with shuttered windows, a man resting outside.

Three women laughing together, with a fourth reading around the corner

1896

Drawing of men in an open car skidding through snow under swirling northern lights in a dark sky.

A group of men drive in a car through the snow with the northern lights in the background

1898

Charcoal drawing of a heavy man with a club standing over a fallen woman; a sign reads South African Republic; men watch on t

John Bull (Great Britain) clubs a woman (South Africa)

1900

Ink drawing of a top-hatted man holding hands with a boy and a girl in a crowded tree-lined park, with a bicyclist behind.

A man walks in a crowded park with his young son and daughter, only both children have the same face as him

1896

Pencil caricature of Uncle Sam offering a dollar-sign flower wreath beside a boy and a Parsifal opera stage box.

Uncle Sam offers a wreath shaped like a dollar sign to Parsifal and the Metropolitan Opera House, depicted as a boy a…

1904

Pen and ink drawing of a bearded man and two figures entwined by serpents, based on a classical sculptural group.

A man and two women are attacked by snakes with the heads of men

1907

Political cartoon of an elephant leaping over a mouse holding a Tariff Revision sign, drawn in charcoal on tan paper.

The Republican Party elephant jumps on a mouse representing tariff reform

1903

Charcoal caricature of a magician pulling a 4 Power Treaty cloth to reveal a rabbit labeled League of Nations, 1922.

A magician pulls away a cloth representing the 4 Power Treaty and reveals a rabbit representing the League of Nations

1922

Ink caricature of a man in a graduation cap knighting a kneeling figure with a sword beside a stone column, 1917.

The elevation of the White House Elevator Boy

1917

Pen-and-ink cartoon of a Chinese dragon attacking swimmers near a wrecked ship on a stormy shore.

A ship representing Democracy has been wrecked by a Chinese dragon

1908

Pen and ink caricature of a lion in a suit standing on a hill labeled Transvaal, with a top hat on the ground.

A lion in a suit (Great Britain) stands on a hill labeled ‘Transvaal’ and looks worried

1901

Drawing of a blindfolded Justice figure with scales and sword, hurling a man off a dock beside a U.S. Navy sign, 1916.

Justice to Josephus

1916

Ink drawing of a woman with a shepherd's crook labeled Business, tending sheep labeled High Cost of Living and Consumer.

Business, depicted as a worried shepherdess

1921

A ship disembarking

A ship disembarking

1903

A wedding where all the members of the wedding party are stern men and the ‘bride’ is a young boy

A wedding where all the members of the wedding party are stern men and the ‘bride’ is a young boy

1900