The Modern King Canute: Puck cover by Louis Dalrymple, 27 September 1899

Puck cover: President Kruger, labelled "OOM PAUL", sits on a throne marked "TRANSVAAL REPUBLIC" at the water's edge and struggles with a wrecked umbrella labelled "OLD FOGYISM" as waves lettered "INDUSTRIAL PROGRESS" break over him. The tell: a government's case is reduced to a label on one object and a slogan on the sea (name-calling).

Propaganda techniques used in this cartoon

Name-calling

Date: September 27, 1899
Period: Pre-1914
Made by: Puck (Keppler & Schwarzmann), cover by Louis Dalrymple
Region: North America
Country: United States
Medium: Cartoon
Issuer type: Media
Regime: Mckinley Administration
Leader: William Mckinley
Audience: Domestic public
Purpose: Persuade or win support
Theme: War and the military
Event: Second Boer War
Source: Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
Source: Library of Congress, retrieved October 4, 2026
Rights: Public domain in the US (pre-1931); LOC: "No known restrictions on publication"
Puck, vol. 46, no. 1177, 27 September 1899, cover by Louis Dalrymple. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division; hosted at 1024 px.

Text on the object

Original (english) · read from the image, not independently checked

Puck
VOL. XLVI. No. 1177. PUCK BUILDING, New York, September 27th, 1899. PRICE TEN CENTS.
Copyright, 1899, by Keppler & Schwarzmann. Entered at N. Y. P. O. as Second-class Mail Matter.
[labels:] OOM PAUL (sash); TRANSVAAL REPUBLIC (throne); OLD FOGYISM (umbrella); INDUSTRIAL PROGRESS (wave)
[signature:] Dalrymple
THE MODERN KING CANUTE.

Read from the 1024 px LOC image.