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The mysterious stranger / McCutcheon. – Antique Print

The mysterious stranger / McCutcheon. — historic drawing
The mysterious stranger / McCutcheon.. 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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A window into the past: The mysterious stranger / McCutcheon., preserved in this historic drawing. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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What sets this drawing apart is its inscription: John T. McCutcheon signed it "To President Roosevelt, with my compliments," so it was a personal gift as well as a newspaper cartoon. It was published in the *Chicago Tribune* on November 10, 1904, two days after the presidential election that returned Theodore Roosevelt to office. Its title, "The mysterious stranger," is the only other clue the record offers about its subject. McCutcheon, who worked for the *Tribune* for decades, was one of the most widely read political cartoonists of his era, and his work from this period shows how newspaper cartoons commented on national politics in ink.

Medium1 drawing : ink brush ; 28 x 33.2 cm (sheet)
Notes1904 Nov. 10 [publication date]
SubjectsTitle from item. Inscribed: To President Roosevelt - with my compliments - John T. McCutcheon. Published by the Chicago Tribune, Nov. 10, 1904. Forms part of: Art Wood Collection of Caricature and Cartoon (Library of Congress). Exhibited: Cartoon America: Highlights from the Art Wood Collection of Cartoon and Caricature, Library of Congress, 2006-2007. Unprocessed in WOOD/McCutcheon.86 Sources: World encyclopedia of cartoons; The John T. McCutcheon Cartoons Collection [online] -- ljr
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan5,602 × 4,604 px · prints to 19 × 15 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-226071

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