Labor Day
Date1909
Artist
Samuel D. Ehrhart
(American illustrator, 1862–1937)
Illustration CitationPuck, September 1, 1909
MediumCommercial relief process with hand-coloring
Dimensionscomposition: 17 7/16 × 10 7/8 in. (44.3 × 27.6 cm)
sheet: 19 3/8 × 13 3/8 in. (49.2 × 34 cm)
sheet: 19 3/8 × 13 3/8 in. (49.2 × 34 cm)
Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 1978
Object number1978-98
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPRINT
Label TextSamuel D. Ehrhart's political cartoon characterizes American financiers and bankers as fraudsters and get-rich-quick artists determined to fleece the public. The government, in the person of the over-fed policeman in the lower left, salutes accommodatingly.
Samuel D. Ehrhart
1912
