Getting the Sporting Page Vote

Date1908

Artist J. S. Pughe (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.