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Puck Magazine Illustration - Harris and Ewing, Washington, D.C.

Puck Magazine Illustration - Harris and Ewing, Washington, D.C.

A political cartoon of a man with a sword, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Portraits and news photographs by Washington, D.C.-based firm, showing people, events, architecture in Washington, D.C... More

A puzzled kaiser / Keppler. - Drawing. Public domain image.

A puzzled kaiser / Keppler. - Drawing. Public domain image.

Print shows William II, the German Emperor, wearing a robe and large sword, holding a crown and a scepter, and looking puzzled over why these symbols of authority no longer command the respect he thinks they de... More

Freedom's latest convert / Keppler., Political Cartoon

Freedom's latest convert / Keppler., Political Cartoon

Print shows William II, German Emperor, with wings made from swords and handguns, and holding a sword labeled "Absolutism", standing on a cliff with other "Pillars of My Throne" identified as a soldier labeled ... More

Puck magazine cover - Divine right vs arbitration / K.

Puck magazine cover - Divine right vs arbitration / K.

Print shows German Emperor William II talking on a telephone labeled "To the Hague", he is holding papers that state "Plan of Arbitration Submitted by the United States"; he is wearing armor and a robe, his swo... More

A relic of the dark ages / F. Opper.

A relic of the dark ages / F. Opper.

Print shows John Bull standing in the "House of Lords", looking over a curtain at an old man wearing a crown and robe, clutching a large book labeled "Mediæval Traditions of the British Peerage" and a large sc... More

Commercial might versus divine right / Keppler.

Commercial might versus divine right / Keppler.

Illustration shows a huge J.P. Morgan carrying a cornucopia filled with railroads, ships, telegraph lines, and steel rails as examples of the broad range of industry he controls; as he strides forward, the Germ... More