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political cartoons

 Subject

Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Scope Note: Cartoons which act as visual satire, combining exaggerated caricature with political statements. The form became popular in French graphic art during the 19th century, particularly with artist Honoré Daumier.

Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:

Ben Boblett Inkjet Prints of Pat Oliphant and Tom Oliphant

 Unprocessed Material — Flat_box Archival Oversized Box S 5, Oversize_Folder(Within_an_OSBox): 1/1
Identifier: ViU-2022-0129

Jefferson Davis comic carte de visite engravings

 Collection — Box BW 61
Identifier: MSS 16816
Content Description This collection contains five comic carte de visite engravings illustrating Jefferson Davis's capture. Davis, president of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War (1861–1865), was captured on May 10, 1865, by Union cavalry near Irwinville, Georgia. It was rumored that Davis disguised himself in a woman's dress when caught. The titles and printing information include: "How do you like it, Jefferson D.?," Kellogg Brothers, Hartford, CT, 1865; "The last ditch of the...
Dates: 1865

English and French Medical Caricatures, circa 1760-1835

 Series — Box 7, MS-67, item: 9, 21-49
Scope and Contents Caricature by definition is a representation in which the subject’s distinctive features or peculiarities are deliberately exaggerated to produce a comic or grotesque effect. Nineteenth-century medicine provided caricaturists with a wealth of material. Artists humorously exaggerated medical conditions and physical characteristics. Bulbous noses, protruding stomachs, and hunched backs were some of the more common features drawn to extraordinary proportions. Bizarre treatments, massive doses...
Dates: circa 1760-1835

Szauer S. Ferencz World War I cartoon collection

 Collection — Box BW 35, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 16553
Content Description This collection contains a private collection of approximately one hundred cartoons and caricatures of World War I propaganda that were cut out of magazines and pasted in a blank book. Most of the cartoons are written in German, but some are in Hungarian. Many are printed in color, but there are privately printed carbon copies too. Included in the front few pages is a folded poster titled "Humorist. Darstellung der Wappen unserer Feinde 1914" [Humorist. Depiction of the coats of...
Dates: c. 1914-1918

Fred Seibel editorial cartoon artworks-addition 2

 Unprocessed Material — Flat_box ACC_BW_005: [Barcode: X006178801], Oversize_Flat_File_folder: ViU2024-0005_001
Identifier: ViU-2024-0005
Dates: October 18, 1941

Howard W. Smith papers--addition 4

 Unprocessed Material — Flat_box Archival Oversized Box L 4: Series MSS 10191, Oversize_Folder(Within_an_OSBox): 1/1
Identifier: ViU-2017-0006

Hugh Scott papers-addition 1

 Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers
Identifier: ViU-2023-0108

Jefferson Davis comic carte de visite

 Unprocessed Material — Folder MSS16816_001: [Barcode: X032762282]
Identifier: ViU-2023-0126

Patrick Oliphant artwork and papers-addition 1

 Unprocessed Material — Flat_box ACC_BW_003: [Barcode: X006178799], Oversize_Flat_File_folder: ViU2023-0116_001
Identifier: ViU-2023-0116

Randy Pendleton papers

 File
Identifier: MSS 16420
Scope and Contents Note The Randy Pendleton papers (1967-2000; 0.04 cubic feet) documents Pendleton's work as a journalist. The collection contains three pieces of ephemera: a Klan business card handed to Pendleton, who was in Birmingham at a Klan convention as a representative of UPI, 1967 or 1968; a press releases handed out at the announcement of Norman Mailer's candidacy for Mayor of New York City dated May 1, 1969 with hand-edits by Pendleton based on Mailer’s speech; a “Sore Loserman” sign handed out outside...
Dates: 1967 - 2000

Randy Pendleton papers- addition 1

 Unprocessed Material
Identifier: ViU-2022-0115
Dates: Majority of material found within 1963-1972