A Protest from Within
Date1935
Artist
Jay Norwood "Ding" Darling
(American illustrator, 1876–1962)
Illustration CitationSyndicated in American newspapers, October 23–28, 1935. Appeared in the Cincinnati Enquirer, October 23, 1935, credited to New York Herald Tribune.
MediumInk on illustration board
Dimensionscomposition: 12 7/8 × 10 3/8 in. (32.7 × 26.4 cm)
sheet: 13 5/16 × 10 7/8 in. (33.8 × 27.6 cm)
sheet: 13 5/16 × 10 7/8 in. (33.8 × 27.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 1987
Object number1987-87
On View
Not on viewClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextThis cartoon refers to President Franklin D. Roosevelt's trade embargo against Italy after its invasion of Ethiopia; American industrialists objected to the restriction of exports.After his childhood in Iowa, "Ding" Darling was a political cartoonist who was also known for his wildlife and sporting drawings. He began his career on the Sioux City Journal, soon moved to the Des Moines Register, and then took a national syndication agreement with the New York Tribune (later the New York Herald) which placed his cartoons in over 130 newspapers American newspapers. He worked from his Iowa studio. His acute political satire won him two Pulitzer prizes.
