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Joseph Keppler: The Bosses of the Senate (

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Artist



Alternative names	Joseph Keppler Sr.; Joseph Ferdinand Keppler
Description	American cartoonist and caricaturist father of Udo Keppler, who was known as Joseph Keppler (Jr.) after 1894
Date of birth/death	1 February 1838	19 February 1894
Location of birth/death	Vienna	New York City
Work period	1900 –1910
Work location	Austria, Italy, United States
Authority file	: Q6283062 VIAF: 47559921 ISNI: 000000006677275X ULAN: 500067202 LCCN: n87932523 GND: 118895338 WorldCat

Title

The Bosses of the Senate

Description

The Bosses of the Senate, a cartoon by Joseph Keppler. First published in Puck 1889. (This version published by the J. Ottmann Lith. Co. and held by the

Date

23 January 1889

Medium

Lithograph, colored

Dimensions

Height: 12 inches (30.48 cm) Width: 18.5 inches (46.99 cm)

Notes

Description from the website of the United States Senate:

"This frequently reproduced cartoon, long a staple of textbooks and studies of Congress, depicts corporate interests–from steel, copper, oil, iron, sugar, tin, and coal to paper bags, envelopes, and salt–as giant money bags looming over the tiny senators at their desks in the Chamber. Joseph Keppler drew the cartoon, which appeared in Puck on January 23, 1889, showing a door to the gallery, the "people’s entrance," bolted and barred. The galleries stand empty while the special interests have floor privileges, operating below the motto: "This is the Senate of the Monopolists by the Monopolists and for the Monopolists!"

Keppler’s cartoon reflected the phenomenal growth of American industry in the 1880s, but also the disturbing trend toward concentration of industry to the point of monopoly, and its undue influence on politics. This popular perception contributed to Congress’s passage of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act in 1890."

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http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/art/artifact/Ga_Cartoon/Ga_cartoon_38_00392.htm

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