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Satirical 1890 Puck cover: a man drops a million-dollar bag into a machine labeled State Legislature to get a Senate seat.

The Way We Become Senators Nowadays, from Puck

C. Jay Taylor, 1890

Cartoon of Uncle Sam kicking a barricade marked No Thoroughfare, carrying a tariff reform banner, with politicians and money

A Useless Barricade, from Puck

Louis Dalrymple, published January, 15 1890

Colour political cartoon of four bronze statesman statues on pedestals, with small caricature figures on ladders below holdin

The Old Leaders and the New

Joseph Keppler, n.d.

Political cartoon of a boxer labeled G.O.P. stripped for a fight, with straps marked by policy slogans and spectators ringsid

Stripped for the Fight, from Puck

William Allen Rogers, 1892

Puck magazine cartoon of a man with a gold coin head leaving a seated woman with a silver dollar bonnet, 1893.

A Hopeless Mésalliance, from Puck

C. Jay Taylor, published January 4, 1893

Caricature of a classical warrior holding a message and shield while lightning strikes a Republican Temple column, 1890 Puck

A Little Ajax for a Cent Defying the Lightning, from Puck

C. Jay Taylor, published December 10, 1890

Colored cartoon of a man pouring coins and banknotes from a horn over reaching hands, with the U.S. Treasury behind him.

The Horn of Plenty, from Puck

C. Jay Taylor, published May 29, 1889

Caricature of four thin, long-faced men in frock coats under a caption denying knowledge of stolen vouchers, by Thomas Nast.

We Know Nothing about the Stolen Vouchers

Thomas Nast, 1871

Engraving of a huge bearded man towering over a tiny guard, with a chained prisoner and a States Prison building behind.

Can the Law Reach Him?

Thomas Nast, n.d.

Engraving of a man holding a snarling cat that reaches toward chestnuts roasting on a stove, with a political banner behind.

The Cat's-Paw, Any Thing to Get Chestnuts

Thomas Nast, published July 18, 1892

Colour political cartoon of a kneeling man offering a sword to a plumed caricature figure, with the Capitol dome behind.

Unconditional Surrender, from Puck

Louis Dalrymple, published April 17, 1889

Colored cartoon of a workingman and an elderly farmer conversing on a street with factory and general store signs.

After Election, from Puck

Joseph Keppler, published November 5, 1890

Colored cartoon of a man pulling a tree labeled Spoils System while a man in plaid holds a Civil Service Reform sign.

Getting Rid of the Spoils System Deadwood, from Puck

Joseph Keppler, published August 17, 1887

Puck cover: a wildcat labeled Wild-Cat Banks leaps at a top-hatted man near Republican Headquarters, 1892 cartoon.

The Latest Republican Bugaboo, from Puck

William Allen Rogers, published November 2, 1892

Colored cartoon by Bernard Gillam showing an American workman questioning stout John Bull at Castle Garden, with English work

Why?, from Judge

Bernard Gillam, published July 21, 1888

Black and white satirical print with a vine border, Uncle Sam, a sailing ship, and a column of short political notes.

September, from Life

F. G. Atwood, 1887

Circular 1887 caricature titled October, with zodiac labels, crowded satirical figures, and a devil above kneeling missionari

October

F. G. Atwood, 1887

Thomas Nast cartoon of two fists with money cuffs gripping a US crib, under a papal tiara, crossed keys, and an Irish heart.

Their Coat of Arms

Thomas Nast, published April 11, 1889

Hand-colored woodcut of a walled town with red roofs and towers, with German text and two saints above.

Geneva from Schedel Weltchronik (Schedel’s World History), Plate 22 from Woodcuts from Books of the 15th Century

Michel Wolgemut, 1493, portfolio assembled 1929

Old Man Looking Downwards, Old Man Seen from the Front, Profile of an Old Man with a Beard, Old Man in a Striped Robe

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1775

Four etched studies of elderly bearded men wearing different hats and caps, arranged in a grid on a cream sheet.

Old Man with a Conical Hat, Old Man with a Hat, Old Man with a Beard, Bearded Old Man with a Cap

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1775

Old Man with a Beard, Bearded Old Man with a Hat, Old Man with Decorative Cap

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1775

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in black and pink robes with a snake on his staff beneath a snowy tree.

The Actor Ichimura Uzaemon IX as Aza-maru in the Play Yui Kanoko Date-zome Soga, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1774

Woodblock print of Edo street with kites in the sky, pedestrians, pine trees, and rooftops beside water.

Kasumigaseki, from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1857

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a black cloak and patterned robe, grimacing and gripping his own leg, against a pale bac

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as the Renegade Monk Wantetsu of Okami-dani in the Play Date Nishiki Tsui no Yumitori, P…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1778

Woodblock print of a standing man in a red robe and clogs beneath plum branches, beside a reed screen.

The Actor Onoe Matsusuke I as Baramon no Kichi in the Play Hatsumombi Kuruwa Soga, Performed at the Nakamura Theater…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1780

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a dark robe with orange medallions, kneeling with a sword and a fierce painted face.

The Actor Nakajima Mihoemon II as Shujaku Tenno in the Play Masakado Kammuri no Hatsuyuki, Performed at the Nakamura…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1777

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in monk robes holding prayer beads over a fire beneath a pine tree.

The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as a Monk, Raigo Ajari, in the Play Nue no Mori Ichiyo no Mato (Forest of the Nue Monster…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1770

Engraved oval portrait of a young boy with curled hair, lace collar and embroidered coat, labeled Charles Duc de Berry.

Charles Duc de Berry

Gerard Edelinck, n.d.

Etching of a wooded landscape with a waterfall, two figures on a rock pointing toward a distant town.

Tobias and the Angel, from Six Landscape Subjects from the Old Testament

Anthonie Waterloo, 1650/60