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In the White House attic, a find – Historic Reproduction

In the White House attic, a find, 1916 May 18 [publication date] — historic drawing
In the White House attic, a find, 1916 May 18 [publication date]. Historic drawing from the White House collection.

(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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In this drawing, a rediscovered relic from the White House attic becomes the joke, and the caricature places Woodrow Wilson beside Theodore Roosevelt as the 1916 election season approached. It ran in the *Chicago Daily News* on May 18, 1916, a few weeks after Germany's Sussex pledge, and it mocks Wilson's sudden toughness toward Berlin while the United States still held to neutrality as most of Europe fought. Roosevelt, who had pressed for a larger military and a more forceful foreign policy, appears as a figure the cartoon leans on. The ink-over-pencil technique, with scraped highlights, gives the sheet its crisp, hand-finished look.

Created / published1916 May 18 [publication date]
Medium1 drawing : India ink over pencil, with scraping out on bristol board ; 33.0 x 56.3 cm. (sheet)
NotesNo copyright information found with item. Signed, lower left: Bradley. Bequest and gift; Caroline and Erwin Swann; 1974; (DLC/PP-1974:232.1548) Satirical portrayal of President Woodrow Wilson getting tough with his foreign policy toward Germany. While most of Europe was involved in war, the United States was still trying to maintain a policy of neutrality. Published in: Chicago Daily News, May 18, 1916. Published in: The image of America in caricature & cartoon / Amon Carter Museum of Western Art. Fort Worth : The Museum, 1975, p. 107. Exhibited: Amon Carter Museum of Western Art, The Image of America in Caricature & Cartoon
SubjectsRoosevelt, Theodore,--1858-1919. Wilson, Woodrow,--1856-1924.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 925 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-156041

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