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Press Gag Law, Robert Satterfield
Press Gag Law, Robert Satterfield
Nelan Political Cartoons
Depicts a large cartoonist labelled "Nelan" dipping a small figure labelled "Penny" in spilled ink with the imprint "Press Gag Law." Behind a small dog says, "How careless of Penny." In 1903, Samuel Pennypacker, Governor of Pennsylvania, signed the Salus-Grady libel law, also known as the "Pennsylvania Anti-Cartoon law," showing his anger with cartoonist Charles Nelan who regularly depicted him as a bird parroting his cousin's rhetoric. There was wide outrage over the Salus-Grady law and it was never enforced and was rescinded in 1907 after Pennypacker's defeat.
Lncreible Suceso Una Mujer Que Se Convierte En Piedra Relato Traido De San Juan De Los Lagos, Antonio Vanegas Arroyo, José Guadalupe Posada
Lncreible Suceso Una Mujer Que Se Convierte En Piedra Relato Traido De San Juan De Los Lagos, Antonio Vanegas Arroyo, José Guadalupe Posada
Marian Broadsides from Mexico
Engraving at the top of the recto shows a group of four figures in the foreground. In the center a man and women are standing and have arms raised and facial expressions that show surprise. The man is wearing a hat and carries a walking stick; both figures are wearing cloaks. A child sits at the foot of the man and with his hands covering his face. To the left of these figures, a shoeless woman with her hair in disarray lays against a small boulder. The background of the scene shows a forested setting, and to the right a …