It's still a representative form of government - they represent us" / Herblock." – Antique 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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A window into the past: It's still a representative form of government - they represent us" / Herblock.", preserved in this historic drawing. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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It's still a representative form of government - they represent us" / Herblock."
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Herblock's ink-and-crayon drawing takes the Capitol dome as its setting, and its caption supplies the joke: the government is "still a representative form of government," because "they represent us," the lawmakers serving the moneyed interests that fund their campaigns. Herbert Block, who signed his work "Herblock," drew editorial cartoons for the *Washington Post* for more than half a century and won three Pulitzer Prizes. By 2000, his subjects here (campaign funds, patronage, and big business) had long been central to his criticism of Washington. The drawing is a useful example of how he used a single sharp line of text to turn a familiar civic ideal into an indictment.
| Medium | 1 drawing on paper : ink, crayon, porous point pen, opaque white, and overlays over blue pencil underdrawing ; 56 x 38.1 cm. (sheet) |
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| Notes | c2000. |
| Subjects | United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.)--2000. Special interests--2000. Big business--2000. Political campaign funds--2000. Political patronage--2000. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,310 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-203342 |
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