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William Henry Walker

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Pen drawing of a political convention where teddy bear delegates from many states sit before a flag-draped podium.

A political convention with delegates from many states, where every person is depicted as a teddy bear

1908

Charcoal drawing of two men in top hats watching a violent melee with armed figures, smoke and rubble, by William Henry Walke

Wilson - We should recognize all of them. Clemenceau - I can’t recognize any of them

1919

Ink caricature of a laughing man with glasses and mustache hugging a smiling elephant, signed W. H. Walker, 1904.

Theodore Roosevelt holding the Republican Party elephant. Both are laughing

1904

Drawing of a gaunt elephant chained to a tag reading 66th Congress, reaching toward a man typing at a desk.

I heard you calling me

1919

Pen and ink drawing of an orator on a flag-draped platform addressing a crowd of top-hatted men and women beneath a large fla

An Inauguration of the Future

1897

Charcoal cartoon of crowned Germania with a shield and officer, while a despondent soldier sits beside a Nach Berlin sign.

Clown Prince; Don’t worry if anything happens to Papa, you have me

1918

Cartoon drawing of a striped tiger labeled Germany leaping toward a fallen figure marked Belgium, as armed men watch on the l

The Man Eater

1915

Ink cartoon of Uncle Sam kicking a boat of angry caricatured men labeled German-American propaganda, 1915.

Sam; If you boys don’t like it here, you know what you can do

1915

Pen-and-ink drawing of a woman with a riding crop beside a donkey, facing a short man in plaid, with a cat in a top hat.

A woman representing the Democratic Party speaks angrily with William Jennings Bryan

1899

Pen-and-ink drawing of Saint George in armor beside a dragon, facing Saint Patrick and Ireland before a seated crowd with a l

Saint George and Saint Patrick prepare to fight before a crowd

1906

Pen and ink political caricature by William Henry Walker, 1907, showing a rider on an elephant with a lance among many figure

President Theodore Roosevelt rides the Republican Party elephant like a charger, spearing several men with his lance,…

1907

Pen drawing of wounded German soldiers on crutches and in a wheelchair with an imperial eagle, by William Henry Walker, 1918.

Casualties in the Kaiser’s family. What is more glorious than to suffer for one’s country

1918

Pen-and-ink cartoon of a closed Temple of Art with theatre posters, a knight with LIFE shield charging a Theatrical Trust fig

The Temple of Art is closed by order of the Theatrical Trust

1905

Ink drawing of standing polar bears and walruses in a row against a dark background, with faint figures behind them.

Woof! Woof! Woof!

1909

Charcoal drawing of a man offering a one billion dollar note to a woman with a rifle, coins on the ground, a burning town beh

To our best friend

1917

Pen-and-ink interior showing a young couple seated by a cradle, with children asleep in a bed and a portrait on the wall.

A poor young couple with many young children

1907

Charcoal drawing of a man in a deck chair looking up at handwritten words in a dark sky above rough sea.

A man sleeping on the deck of a boat wakes up to see negative messages written in the night sky

1903

Charcoal drawing of a scowling man and bearded Uncle Sam dining, with dishes labeled Liberty, Justice, Citizenship, and Educa

Uncle Sam at a dinner table with a man representing a Bolshevist

1920

Ink caricature of a robed monarch gesturing while a line of bowing men in uniforms and top hats bends before him.

Greeted everywhere as greatest monarch

1910

Charcoal drawing of a uniformed trainer raising a whip at a crouching lion labeled Social Democracy in a cage.

The cub and his trainer

1915

Ink drawing of marching skunks with a drum and placard protesting smelly automobiles, with smoking torches overhead, 1904.

Skunks march to demand that smelly automobiles be members of their union

1904

Pen and ink caricature of Uncle Sam whipping animals pulling a globe-shaped carriage through clouds, with figures inside.

Uncle Sam drives a carriage made of the globe

1905

Darling, it’s for their own good

Darling, it’s for their own good

1912

Common and Preferred

Common and Preferred

1908

The Land Flowing with Milk and Honey

The Land Flowing with Milk and Honey

1918

A rich man having a nightmare that he is freely giving his wealth away to women, children, the sick, and the elderly

A rich man having a nightmare that he is freely giving his wealth away to women, children, the sick, and the elderly

1911

Young men in athletic uniforms of various sports under a sign reading ‘college opens Oct. 1st.’

Young men in athletic uniforms of various sports under a sign reading ‘college opens Oct. 1st.’

1903

Tail Piece

Tail Piece

1909

An auto race for millionaires only. Cars run in either direction and there is a crash along one wall

An auto race for millionaires only. Cars run in either direction and there is a crash along one wall

1903

It might have been

It might have been

1909

Uncle Sam dances with a skeleton in uniform, representing War, while a female angel watches them and weeps

Uncle Sam dances with a skeleton in uniform, representing War, while a female angel watches them and weeps

1899

Sisyphus Taft

Sisyphus Taft

1910