I've decided not to tell you about the alleged shipwreck"" – Historic Reproduction
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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I've decided not to tell you about the alleged shipwreck"" comes to life in this antique lithograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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I've decided not to tell you about the alleged shipwreck""
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The title, "I've decided not to tell you about the alleged shipwreck," frames the scene as a castaway story, and the subject headings tie that metaphor to John Mitchell, Richard Nixon, and the Watergate affair. Published on July 11, 1973, the cartoon appeared while the Senate Watergate hearings were underway and public explanations from the administration were being questioned almost daily. Editorial lithographs like this one used a single image and a short line to comment on the news, and here the joke turns on evasion and credibility.
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph on white wove paper ; 27.5 x 40.4 cm. (image), 37.9 x 50.9 cm. (sheet) |
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| Notes | 1973 July 11 [publication date] |
| Subjects | Mitchell, John,--1913- Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous),--1913-1994. Watergate Affair, 1972-1974. Castaways--1970-1980. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,132 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-156861 |
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