Does Polly want a cracker? – Vintage Wall Art
(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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Does Polly want a cracker? comes to life in this historic drawing, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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The title, "Does Polly want a cracker?", treats William Jennings Bryan as a talking parrot angling for a reward. The drawing dates to December 1912, about a month after Woodrow Wilson won the presidential election, and *Puck* published it on January 15, 1913. Bryan had been the Democratic nominee for president three times, and Wilson named him secretary of state that March. Commentary cartoons of this era often used animal caricature and wordplay to comment on who was gaining or losing influence in the party.
| Created / published | 1912 Dec. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing. |
| Genre | Cartoons (Commentary) American.Drawings. |
| Notes | Cf. CD 1 - Keppler, no. 2 (A size). (DLC/PP-1980:81.175) Published in: Puck, Jan. 15, 1913. This catalog record contains preliminary or unverified data from a project done in BRS software, ca. 1985. jr / 860507. |
| Subjects | Bryan, William Jennings,--1860-1925. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,273 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-156826 |
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