The silver-tongued ventriloquist and his dummies (Puck)
Puck cover by Frederick Burr Opper, 12 August 1896: a bearded 'Silver Mine Owner' sits on a box marked '16 to 1' with a small William J. Bryan as dummy on his lap, holding 'Free Silver Harangues'; other dummies include Altgeld and Arthur Sewall. Caption: 'If the show succeeds, he'll get all the profits.' The image charges that the silver campaign served mine owners.
- Date
- August 12, 1896
- Period
- Pre-1914
- Made by
- Puck (Keppler & Schwarzmann), artist F. Opper
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Cartoon
- Issuer type
- Media
- Regime
- Cleveland Administration
- Leader
- Grover Cleveland
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Demonize
- Event
- 1896 US Election
- Techniques
- Name-calling
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- Library of Congress, retrieved October 2, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain by age (published 1896); LOC rights advisory: No known restrictions on publication
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
