Homer Davenport Teddy Roosevelt Punishes Standard Oil Hearsts Papers “Theodore Roosevelt and The Trusts” Editorial Original Political Illustration Cartoon Newspaper Pen and Ink Drawing

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Homer Davenport Teddy Roosevelt Punishes Standard Oil Hearsts Papers “Theodore Roosevelt and The Trusts” Editorial Original Political Illustration Cartoon Newspaper Pen and Ink Drawing from the Prestigious Charles L. Howard Collection

Homer Calvin Davenport (March 8, 1867 – May 2, 1912) was a political cartoonist from the United States. Davenport was known for his saterical drawings, a talent noticed by William Randolph Hearst in 1895. Davenport moved to New York to work for Hearst and has since to become one of the highest paid cartoonist of his time. He left very few public figures unscathed and became so well known for his attack on political bosses that his opponents attempted to pass a law banning political cartoons altogether.

Homer Davenport’s work rarely comes up for auction, however, recently a similar cartoon sold with bottom estimate at 2-3k. The illustration was much less complicated than this piece, which depicts a stern, towering Teddy Roosevelt holding ‘Standard Oil’ Rockefeller by his ear in front of a classroom while ‘Railroad Merger’ and ‘Trust’ look on crying. This clearly shows Davenport’s support of Teddy Roosevelt and Trust-busting. This piece has a three-inch tear on the left edge that was taped before it was matted. Signed lower left, Davenport with Charles L. Howard Label bottom center matt. Penciled sketch of Roosevelt’s face and short paragraph about the piece on reverse.

Winning bidder will receive a Certificate of Authenticity with the drawing.

Approx. Dimensions or Size: 26x22.5 inches image site, 40x30 inches overall

Hess Fine Auctions Shipping: Due to the size, to have illustration shipped with mat board an out sourced shipper must be used.
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Estimated Weight of Package: 11 lbs.

Package size: 32 x 32 x 2

Cons./Inv. Code: The present lot is inventory number Clh 590 in the Charles L. Howard Collection, one of two hundred lots that will be continuously added to this online catalogue on a daily basis between today and the day of sale. The first 100 to 125 lots will be Important Original Illustration Art and the second 100 to 125 lots are comprised of Original Railroad Art. Please check our listings regularly during the coming days for many exciting discoveries.
Low & High Ests: 2000 /3000 Starting Bid: 500

The state of preservation of these original illustration drawings that are on average over 65 years old is quite exceptional. Very, very few have any creases, tears or losses to the paper and the ink has remained uniformly vivid thanks to the family’s dry flat storage. Given that these were working drawings from which prints were made the expected edge annotations, highlighting, inscriptions, pasted labels, tack holes, staples, glue residues and scattered corrections can be found variously on the examples as illustrated in the photographs. These all add to the authenticity and immediacy of the Wartime newsroom and pressroom atmosphere, serving to reinforce the iconic status of these rare surviving testimonies to the political illustrator’s art. In a few examples additional notations have been made in the description section of the catalogue text for significant damage, however the condition sensitive collector is encouraged to contact our sale expert for additional lot details in advance of the auction date.