Sifting the Dirt
Date1910
Artist
Louis Glackens
(American illustrator and cartoonist, 1866–1933)
Illustration CitationPuck, January 19, 1910
MediumCommercial relief process with hand-coloring
Dimensionscomposition: 11 × 17 7/16 in. (27.9 × 44.3 cm)
sheet: 13 3/4 × 20 3/8 in. (34.9 × 51.8 cm)
sheet: 13 3/4 × 20 3/8 in. (34.9 × 51.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 1978
Object number1978-312
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPRINT
Label TextLouis Glackens cartoon depicts the law courts as a mesh screen. Fat-cat capitalists escape, while the poor land in jail.