The alarm / Motte - Keppler. - Political cartoon, public domain image
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Illustration shows a scene after a painting by Henri-Paul Motte that depicts Rome being saved from an attack of the Goths by squawking geese; here "Lobbyists" are ascending the city wall around "Ottawa" and handing bags of money down to be delivered to two men, wearing top hats, labeled "Protected Trust". The building tower is labeled "Reciprocity" and the squawking geese are kept in an enclosure labeled "Independent Press".
Caption: As the geese saved Rome, publicity will save reciprocity.
Illus. in: Puck, v. 70, no. 1803 (1911 September 20), centerfold.
Copyright 1911 by Keppler & Schwarzmann.
Udo J. Keppler, known from 1894 as Joseph Keppler Jr., was an American political cartoonist, publisher, and Native American advocate. The son of cartoonist Joseph Keppler (1838–1894), who founded Puck magazine, the younger Keppler also contributed cartoons, and became co-owner of the magazine after his father's death, when he changed his name to Joseph Keppler. He was also a collector of Native American artifacts, and was adopted by the Seneca Nation, where he became an honorary chief and given the name Gyantwaka.
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