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Joseph Keppler: The Bosses of the Senate   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Artist
Joseph Keppler  (1838–1894)  wikidata:Q6283062 s:en:Author:Joseph Ferdinand Keppler q:cs:Joseph Ferdinand Keppler
 
Joseph Keppler
Alternative names
Joseph Keppler Sr.; Joseph Ferdinand Keppler
Description American cartoonist and caricaturist
father of Udo Keppler, who was known as Joseph Keppler (Jr.) after 1894
Date of birth/death 1 February 1838 Edit this at Wikidata 19 February 1894 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Vienna Edit this at Wikidata New York City Edit this at Wikidata
Work period 1900 Edit this at Wikidata–1910 Edit this at Wikidata
Work location
Austria, Italy, United States
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q6283062
Title
The Bosses of the Senate
Description
The Bosses of the Senate, a cartoon by Joseph Keppler. First published in Puck 1889. (This version published by the J. Ottmann Lith. Co. and held by the
Date 23 January 1889
date QS:P571,+1889-01-23T00:00:00Z/11
Medium Lithograph, colored
Dimensions Height: 12 inches (30.48 cm) Width: 18.5 inches (46.99 cm)
Notes

Description from the website of the United States Senate:

"This frequently reproduced cartoon, long a staple of textbooks and studies of Congress, depicts corporate interests–from steel, copper, oil, iron, sugar, tin, and coal to paper bags, envelopes, and salt–as giant money bags looming over the tiny senators at their desks in the Chamber. Joseph Keppler drew the cartoon, which appeared in Puck on January 23, 1889, showing a door to the gallery, the "people’s entrance," bolted and barred. The galleries stand empty while the special interests have floor privileges, operating below the motto: "This is the Senate of the Monopolists by the Monopolists and for the Monopolists!"
Keppler’s cartoon reflected the phenomenal growth of American industry in the 1880s, but also the disturbing trend toward concentration of industry to the point of monopoly, and its undue influence on politics. This popular perception contributed to Congress’s passage of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act in 1890."
Source/Photographer http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/art/artifact/Ga_Cartoon/Ga_cartoon_38_00392.htm
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"The Bosses of the Senate", political cartoon by Joseph Keppler, first published in Puck, circa January 23, 1889. (This version published by the J. Ottomann Lith. Co.)

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