Political Cartoonist - Homer Davenport (1867-1912)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homer_Davenport
Davenport caricature of Hearst, 1896
"How can he lose me?": McKinley and Hanna, alluding to the candidate's 1893 insolvency
"A Man of Mark": 1896 campaign
"'I am confident the workingmen are with us.' Hanna's own words formed the basis for this caricature."
"George Washington's statue is replaced by one of Hanna before the New York Sub-Treasury, 1896."
"'No Honest Man Need Fear Cartoons.' Behind Senator Platt is the visage of Boss Tweed."
(or memes😁)
"Davenport cartoon of William Gladstone, 1897"
"'Mr. Hanna's stand on the labor question', 1897 Ohio legislative campaign"
"'As they go to the polls' 1900, showing the giant representing the trusts hand in hand with Hanna and McKinley"
"Davenport's final cartoon: to the dead of the Titanic, 1912"

"He died in 1912 of pneumonia, which he contracted after going to the docks of New York City to watch and chronicle the arrival of survivors of the sinking of the RMS Titanic."
"Abdul Hamid II, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. Sketched by Davenport, 1906"
"Achmet Haffez, Davenport's 'Bedouin Brother,' the diplomatic ruler of the Anezeh Bedouins, whose support was critical to Davenport's successful trip"
"Who Trusts Trusts Is Sure to Be Robbed"
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