The next step, as it looks now / Keppler.
Print shows Uncle Sam standing on a platform next to a ballot box where three men are casting their votes; one is labeled "Loyalist" and is voting for the "Monarch", the other two are casting votes for "Autonom... More
"Let us have peace" / C.J. Taylor.
Print shows President Grover Cleveland and British Prime Minister Robert Cecil, Lord Salisbury, dressed as Natives, smoking peace pipes filled with "Common Sense Tobacco"; sitting with Cleveland, also dressed a... More
The duty of the hour; - to save her not only from Spain, but from a wo...
Print shows a female figure labeled "Cuba" holding the Cuban flag, caught in a frying pan labeled "Spanish Misrule" that is being held above flames labeled "Anarchy" raging between fighting factions labeled "In... More
"Give it another twist, Grover - we're all with you!" / J.S. Pughe.
Print shows President Grover Cleveland, wearing military uniform, giving a twist to the British Lion's tail as it stands on a small island labeled "Great Britain" just off the coast of the "United States" where... More
They can't fight / F. Opper. - Drawing. Public domain image.
Print shows Uncle Sam and John Bull about to come to blows, possibly over the Venezuela boundary dispute, but are tied together in ribbons that are labeled "Financial Ties, Mutual Needs, Property Interests, Int... More
His foresight / J.S. Pughe. - Drawing. Public domain image.
Illustration shows Uncle Sam as a large rooster standing among several small free-ranging chicks labeled "Argentine Republic, Guatemala, Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Bolivia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Honduras, Nicaragua... More
It's got to be sooner or later - and it looks like "sooner" / Dalrympl...
Print shows Uncle Sam holding the hand of a female figure on a tiny island labeled "Cuba"; she is holding the flag of Cuban independence. Uncle Sam is gesturing to go home toward a ship on which is a defeated p... More
He won't go off his beat / J.S. Pughe. Joseph Pulitzer
Illustration showing two concerned citizens and Joseph Pulitzer imploring Uncle Sam, dressed as a "U.S." policeman, to break up a fight taking place in the background labeled "South Africa" between John Bull a... More
The peace maker / Keppler. - Drawing. Public domain image.
Print shows Uncle Sam taking off his jacket as he steps toward two men labeled "Cuba" and "Spain" fighting with each other; like Cuba's tattered clothing, it is a war-torn landscape. Illus. from Puck, v. 43, n... More
Mad dog? / Keppler. - Public domain scenic drawing
Illustration shows a dog wearing a sombrero labeled "Mexican Revolution" jumping and barking, stirring up a cloud of dust; Uncle Sam approaches from the left drawing a gun from its holster labeled "Intervention... More
The American rattlesnake presenting Monsieur his ally a dish of frogs,...
Print shows a rattlesnake, representing America, presenting a basket of frogs to a Frenchman. Includes a short verse advising Britons to drive a wedge between the Americans and the French during the peace negot... More
A small job for six big policemen / Keppler.
Print shows figures representing "England, Hungary, France, Germany, Russia, [and] Italy" carrying nightsticks and escorting a young child labeled "Greece".
Satisfying their curiosity / J.S. Pughe., Political Cartoon
Print shows John Bull sitting on a strong fortress representing England, with a telescope in one hand and strings attached to battleships in the other; on the edge of the continent are four figures representing... More
It would be worth it / L.M. Glackens.
Illustration shows Uncle Sam in the background handing out pardons to criminals labeled "Gyp the Blood" (Harry Horowitz), "Dago Frank" (Francesco Carofisi), "Lefty Louis" (Louis Rosenberg), and "Whit e Lewis" (... More
Puck magazine cover - The Cuban melodrama / C.J. Taylor.
Print shows Uncle Sam in the role of the "Noble Hero" in a melodrama, defending a young woman labeled "Cuba" from the "Heavy Villain" labeled "Spain". Caption: The Noble Hero (to the Heavy Villain) Stand back... More
Uncle Sam's dream of conquest and carnage - caused by reading the Jing...
Print shows Uncle Sam asleep in a chair with a large eagle perched on a stand next to him; he is dreaming of conquests and annexations, asserting his "Monroe Doctrine" rights, becoming master of the seas, putti... More
In the path of the privateer / K.
Print shows a female figure labeled "Spirit of the 19th Century" rising out of the water to halt a small gunboat flying a Spanish flag labeled "Privateer" with a Spanish buccaneer aboard. Illus. from Puck, v. ... More
The hoaxer hoaxed / J.A. Wales. - Public domain engraving
Print shows New York Herald editor James Gordon Bennett, holding a shotgun and carrying a bag labeled "Game Bag for Sensations J.G. Bennett", standing next to a scarecrow labeled "$500.00 Herald Cheque" and "Th... More
Puck magazine cover - John Bull's dilemma / Dalrymple.
Print shows John Bull sitting on a rock facing a dilemma; across a narrow body of water is a man holding a sword labeled "Kurd Atrocities" and a handgun, about to strike a kneeling woman labeled "Armenia". John... More
"Save me from my friends!" / Dalrymple.
Print shows Uncle Sam wearing a sword and using the American flag to shield a woman labeled "Cuba Libre" from three men wearing hats labeled "Insurgent Leader"; they are standing on soil labeled "Cuba" and show... More
The song of freedom / Keppler. - Drawing. Public domain image.
Print shows Cuban General Máximo Gómez sitting on a horse, listening to an eagle perched on the U.S. Capitol building singing "the song of freedom". Caption: "I think I hear a little bird, who sings 'The peopl... More