Samuel Ehrhart - Don’t sign that declaration, gentlemen! You’ll hurt business!

Samuel Ehrhart was an American cartoonist and illustrator born in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, Ehrhart received his education in the New York City school system. Subsequently, he studied art in Munich. His work appeared in Harper's Monthly (1878-79), Puck (1880, and 1888-1913), and Judge (1887). He died in Brooklyn, New York on October 26, 1937.

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The age of prosperity

The age of prosperity (1903)

Walter H. Gallaway (American, 1870-1911)
A relic of the dark ages

A relic of the dark ages (1894)

Frederick Burr Opper (American, 1857-1937)
Puck’s notion of the kind of fancy-dress charity ball that would be a real, solid financial success

Puck’s notion of the kind of fancy-dress charity ball that would be a real, solid financial success (1885)

Joseph Ferdinand Keppler (American, 1838 – 1894)
‘Peace’ assured

‘Peace’ assured (1885)

Joseph Ferdinand Keppler (American, 1838 – 1894)
Busted!

Busted! (1899)

John Samuel Pughe (American, 1870-1909)
The rising waters

The rising waters (1906)

Carl Hassmann (Austrian, 1869–1933)
The pyrrhic victory of the Mulligan guards in Maine

The pyrrhic victory of the Mulligan guards in Maine (1884)

Joseph Ferdinand Keppler (American, 1838 – 1894)
A new declaration of independence in the year 1885

A new declaration of independence in the year 1885 (1885)

Bernhard Gillam (American, 1856 – 1896)
The administration’s hardest job

The administration’s hardest job (1885)

Joseph Ferdinand Keppler (American, 1838 – 1894)
Protection

Protection (1904)

John Samuel Pughe (American, 1870-1909)
Puck’s palete

Puck’s palete (1885)

Joseph Ferdinand Keppler (American, 1838 – 1894)
The true meaning of Republican harmony

The true meaning of Republican harmony (1883)

Bernhard Gillam (American, 1856 – 1896)
The Easter girls

The Easter girls (1902)

Samuel Ehrhart (American, 1862-1937)
The slave-market of to-day

The slave-market of to-day (1884)

Bernhard Gillam (American, 1856 – 1896)
Me too

Me too (1903)

Samuel Ehrhart (American, 1862-1937)
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