The Woman behind the Gun

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The Woman behind the Gun
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The Woman behind the Gun

Date1911
Illustration CitationPuck, May 24, 1911
MediumCommercial relief process with hand-coloring
Dimensionscomposition: 11 × 17 1/4 in. (27.9 × 43.8 cm)
sheet: 14 11/16 × 20 11/16 in. (37.3 × 52.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 1978
Object number1978-97
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Label TextGordon Ross's cartoon centers on the fact that numerous birds were shot in order to provide feathers for women’s hats, as the French milliners on the ground do the bidding of the elaborately behatted woman.
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