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Relics – Historic Reproduction

Relics, 1960 May 12 [publication date] — historic drawing
Relics, 1960 May 12 [publication date]. Historic drawing from the Historic Print Archive 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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This rare historic drawing captures Relics in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Bill Mauldin's drawing "Relics" takes its title from the attic and antiques it depicts, and its subject tags tie it to John F. Kennedy and the question of religion in politics. It appeared in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on May 12, 1960, two days after the West Virginia primary, a contest many observers treated as a test of whether a Catholic candidate could win over Protestant voters. Mauldin, a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner for editorial cartooning, was known for blunt, plain-spoken commentary on American public life. The layered crayon, ink and white-out work gives the cluttered attic a texture worth studying up close.

Created / published1960 May 12 [publication date]
Medium1 drawing on layered paper board : crayon, ink, white-out and blue pencil over pencil.
GenreEditorial cartoons 1960.Drawings 1960.
NotesGift; Bill Mauldin; 1975; (DLC/PP-1975:078.660). Published in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, May 12, 1960. Forms part of the Papers of Bill Mauldin (Library of Congress).
SubjectsKennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald),--1917-1963. Catholics--1960. Presidential campaigns--1960. Attics--1960. Antiques--1960. Religion & politics--1960.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,296 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-204856

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