Getting the Sporting Page Vote

Getting the Sporting Page Vote

Getting the Sporting Page Vote

Date1908
Artist (American illustrator, 1870–1909)
Illustration CitationBack cover for Puck, September 30, 1908
MediumCommercial relief process
Dimensionscomposition: 8 1/8 × 11 in. (20.6 × 27.9 cm)
sheet: 11 1/4 × 14 1/4 in. (28.6 × 36.2 cm)
Credit LineFound in collection
Object number1900-158b
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPRINT
Label TextJ. S. Pughe's drawing shows the portly candidate William Howard Taft in his (successful) bid for the presidency in 1908, participating in a range of sports, despite his awkward size, appealing to sportsmen's votes. The artist would have hand-colored the print after its printing as part of the photography process for the magazine.