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Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum.
He Stoops to Conquer
Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum.

He Stoops to Conquer

Artifact ID1969.80.1328
Object Type Cartoon Clipping
Date ca. August 1891
Medium Paper
DimensionsOverall H 13 3/8 in x W 10 1/4 in (34 cm x 26 cm )
Physical Description
Physical DescriptionCartoon removed from August 12, 1891 Puck magazine. Anti-Republican political cartoon. A man (“Platt”) carrying a paper (“N.Y. delegation to Republican Convention”) stands with his arms crossed in a swamp (“New York Machine Politics”) while another man (identifiable as Benjamin Harrison) offers him a paper (“Surrender of the N.Y. Custom House”). Caption: "He stoops to conquer.". Additional text across the top: “Puck” “What fools these Mortals be!”. Additional text at upper left: “Vol. XXIX. - No. 753.”. Additional text at upper center: “Puck Building, New York, August 12th, 1891”. Additional text at upper right: “Price, 10 Cents.”. Additional text at upper left: “Copyright, 1891, by Keppler & Schwarzmann.” “1”. Additional text at upper right: “Entered at N.Y.P.O. as Second-class Mail Matter.”. Artist signature lower left: “Dalrymple.”
Historical NoteInterference with the New York Customs House by Platt, and other members of the New York Republican Party, that culminated in the resignation of Joel Erhardt as Collector of Customs of the Port of New York in 1891.
Additional Details
Custodial History NoteThis item was given to the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum Collection in 1969.
Credit LineGift of Mr. Ralph E. Becker
National Archives Catalog CollectionLyndon B. Johnson Library Museum Collection (National Archives Identifier 192413)
National Archives Catalog SeriesGifts to the LBJ Library (National Archives Identifier 189698391)
Use Restriction StatusUnrestricted
Use Restriction NoteReproduction or other use of these holdings or images thereof is unrestricted.
Person Referenced Thomas C. Platt (United States, 1833 - 1910)
Person Referenced Benjamin Harrison (United States, 1833 - 1901)
In Collection(s)
Not on view
Place Gifted
New York
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