William Randolph Hearst Inscription and Signature and a Representative's Ribbon from The Country Gentleman Newspaper
Hearst, William Randolph Hearst
Two items, 'floated' together side-by-side on a matte board, glazed and framed; one being a card-mounted newspaper cartoon and caption depicting Theodore Roosevelt paternally encouraged by Uncle Sam with the caption reading at top "Still Famous After 30 Years" and at bottom "'He's Good Enough for Me', the famous Homer Davenport cartoon which appeared first in the New York Evening Mail of July 27, 1904. It is included in the exhibition, 'Cartoons: 1766 to 1933' at the Museum of the City of New York, to which it was loaned by the Roosevelt House Library and Museum."; below this is inscribed in black ink "Greatest cartoon ever drawn William Randolph Hearst"; at the right is mounted a ribbon with identifying gilt-edged identifying plaque stating "The Country Gentleman A Consolidation of the Genesse Farmer 1831-1839 and The Cultivator 1834-1865, with the ribbon lettered "Representative of the Country Gentleman Albany , N.Y.; William Randolph Hearst (1863-1951) American newspaper owner, revolutionized journalism with 'yellow press' tactics and sensationalist illustrations; became the head of a chain of newspapers (Chambers); no date circa 1930's; some browning to newspaper, and aging to fabric of ribbon, however frame has kept both items very presentable and in good condition. Good H (Item ID: 10390)
$450.00
