"Rough On America's Great Cartoonists. Have mercy on us, Grim Destroyer! You have taken away most of our best subjects already; if you keep on this way, our occupation will be gone!"

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Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > The Bert Hansen collection of medicine and public health in popular graphic art (Ms Coll 67) > Series I: Early Publications > Puck > "Rough On America's Great Cartoonists. Have mercy on us, Grim Destroyer! You have taken away most of our best subjects already; if you keep on this way, our occupation will be gone!"

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Title: "Rough On America's Great Cartoonists. Have mercy on us, Grim Destroyer! You have taken away most of our best subjects already; if you keep on this way, our occupation will be gone!"
Creator: From the Collection: Hansen, Bert, 1944-
Contributor: From the Collection: Gillam, Bernhard, 1856-1896
From the Collection: Graetz, F. (Friedrich), approximately 1840-approximately 1913
From the Collection: Keppler, Joseph Ferdinand, 1838-1894
From the Collection: Nast, Thomas, 1840-1902
From the Collection: Opper, Frederick Burr, 1857-1937
From the Collection: Rogers, W. A. (William Allen), 1854-1931
From the Collection: Wales, James Albert, 1852-1886
From the Collection: Zimmerman, Eugene, 1862-1935
Published / Created: 1886 August 25
Description: Puck (19:494), page 416, back cover. By F. Opper, Nast and Keppler are pleading with Death who holds a list of deceased American public characters. List includes John Kelly, John Morrissey, Tweed, and Thompson. Behind this is an elevated train in front of Harpers and Puck buildings. Includes skeleton and death figure with sickle. Hansen database #352.
Provenance: Gift of Bert Hansen in multiple accessions between 2015 and 2017.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Repository

Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library

Call Number

Ms Coll 67

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Container / Volume

Box 9, folder 30

Access: Public
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Citation: Bert Hansen Collection of Medicine and Public Health in Popular Graphic Art. Historical Library, Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library, Yale University.