Our New Watchman, Roosevelt (Harper's Weekly cartoon, 1884)

A black-and-white wood engraving from a Harper's Weekly page shows a uniformed policeman pointing toward two stout, well-dressed men in hats as they descend steps before a wall sign reading New York City Civil Service Reform. The cartoon's lively crosshatched lines and dense detail give the scene a satirical, newspaper-illustration character.

Artist

Thomas Nast

Date

1884

Medium

Wood engraving on paper

Source

Smithsonian (National Portrait Gallery)

Size

2745 × 4000 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, National Portrait Gallery