She is getting too feeble to hold them / J.S. Pughe. – Historic Print
![She is getting too feeble to hold them / J.S. Pughe., [published 1896 November 18] — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/64/64c672520903-L.webp)
(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: She is getting too feeble to hold them / J.S. Pughe., preserved in this antique lithograph. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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She is getting too feeble to hold them / J.S. Pughe.
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A color lithograph by J.S. Pughe, published as the cover of *Puck* on November 16, 1896, shows an aging, frail figure struggling to keep hold of the overseas territories she has long governed, here named as Cuba and the Philippines. By late 1896, Cuban insurgents had been fighting Spanish rule since 1895, and Gen. Valeriano Weyler's harsh reconcentration policy drew heavy coverage in American newspapers. The Philippine revolution against Spain had also broken out that August, so the cartoon captures a moment when Spain's empire seemed to be slipping on two fronts. *Puck*, a weekly satirical magazine, used covers like this one to comment on current events.
| Created / published | [published 1896 November 18] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph, color. |
| Genre | Editorial cartoons 1890-1900.Magazine covers 1890-1900.Lithographs Color 1890-1900. |
| Notes | Cover illus. for: Puck, Nov. 16, 1896, v. 40, no. 1028. |
| Subjects | International relations--Spain--1890-1900. International relations--Cuba--1890-1900. International relations--Philippines--1890-1900. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,159 × 1,473 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-218070 |
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