Political Cartoons

Link here to read a brief history of political cartoons.

Benjamin Franklin

Thomas Nast, "Let Us Prey"

Roscoe Conkling resigned from his senate seat after Garfield became president, hoping to win back his seat and throw his influence in President Garfield’s face. However, his resignation actually destroyed his political career. The cartoon shows him exploding harmlessly, but with lots of noise, like an overfilled balloon.

Link here to see more images and read about Joseph Keppler.

Political Cartoons

Chapter 2, Nineteenth-Century Revolutions and Strategies of Visual Persuasion

Images used to communicate 

visual messages appear on currency. 

561-546 BC, Sardis. When people changed from self-supporters to traders and consumers.

455 BC, Athens. "Owl" an attribute of Athens' city goddess Athena, the goddess of wisdom.

 

336-323 BC, Egypt. Alexander the Great. Greece to India. New city - melt silver - enlarged cash flow.

1804-1814, French emperor Napoleon.

The printed image replaces painting. 

Images & text available to a wide range of people. 

Faster, circulation, more ideas/viewpoints. 

Lithography

A printing process. 

Source is The Forum at The Online Library of Liberty. Link here.

A courtroom sketch by Charles Philippon of Louis-Philippe

1831, France

 Published. Lithography. 

 Pear Symbol - Soft, Bulbous, Rots Quickly

 "The Poire of France" La Poire means fat head. 

 More images here.

Visual Influences in Fashion/Clothing

Liberty Leading the People

French Revolutionists

Phrygian Cap (Red Cap)

(fri jee uhn)

https://www.freep.com/story/news/2018/01/10/pink-pussyhats-feminists-hats-womens-march/1013630001/

https://www.advocate.com/news/2021/5/17/miss-universe-contestants-use-fashion-protest-racism-homophobia

https://melaninful.net/products/civil-rights-leaders-all-over-hoodie?currency=USD&variant=19619883384889&utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=google&utm_campaign=Google%20Shopping&utm_content=hoodie&gclid=Cj0KCQiAmpyRBhC-ARIsABs2EApiJ3k3znzzM-JalsM3k-ifXBB4nvx0-FQ5fcaV-IFMG1JWoZUiKpcaArTlEALw_wcB

Magazines

More images and text. 

Reaching more people. 

Difference between "cartoons" and magazine. 

Discuss how social media fits into history of: Disseminating Information

Creating Community

Fueling Revolutions

German women's magazines.  Link here for article and more pics.

Punch Magazine.
British weekly magazine, humor and satire.
Published 1841 - 1992 and from 1996 - 2002.

American illustrated literary and news magazine.
Founded 1852.
Ceased publication in the 20th century.

Magazine Cover, August, 1903.
First published in United States 1881.  Ceased publication 1930.
Stephen Crane.