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SEPTEMBER 2010 <>
WEB INQUIRIES and ORDERS call 1-800-627-8223 or e-mail us
Williamsburg SHOWROOM HOURS Open
Thursday 11:00 - 5 Friday 11:00 - 5 Saturday 11:00 - 3
AND Tues. and Wed. by Appointment
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Williamsburg, Virginia
Home of the Art-cade Gallery
Our Williamsburg area was named the 2010 “Best Family Destination” by the Budget Travel Readers Choice poll. Visit the “Historic Triangle” and stop to see the gallery too!
If you’re coming to town, may we suggest two planning sources:
• Monthly Visitors’ Guide
• Lodging
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The political cartoonist distills complicated worldly events into a serious or sometimes humorous panel drawing which in one brief glance helps a reader better understand the situation. Political cartoons can be so potent, in fact, that a century-plus ago the powerful political boss of New York City (Boss Tweed) ordered his cronies to stop them damn pictures! He knew the immigrant population could not read well, but they could easily figure out what was going on from seeing cartoons. |
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The political cartoonist involved was Thomas Nast whose artwork in Harpers Weekly satirized society and pompous politicians for a generation. (The relentlessness of Nasts cartoon campaign ultimately sent Tweed to prison.) From the first political cartoon to appear in a colonial newspaper drawn by Benjamin Franklin in 1754 (a severed serpent the nation needing to Join, or Die) to contemporary cartoons by Pat Oliphant, Jim Borgman, and Herblock, editorial cartoonists still offer an insight to readers that continually reinforces the maxim a picture is worth a thousand words day after day.
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| Symbolism is the shorthand in the political cartoonists arsenal. The Republican elephant and Democratic donkey (both attributed to Nast), Uncle Sam and the Bald Eagle, John Q. Public, Mr. Atom (bomb), among others, are the language used by the cartoonist on his storyboard. Contemporary cartoons tend to hit their mark more often than not using humor rather than the traditional jugular approach, but nonetheless, both kinds of cartoons have a common and often successful effect. |
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| Original political cartoons are more rare than comic cartoons. Many editorial cartoonists reserve a careers output of originals for a museum or university (the entire collection of Hugh Haynie Louisville Courier-Journal rests at his alma mater, The College of William and Mary here in Williamsburg). However, some originals of most cartoonists do find their way to public ownership. The Art-cade offers a unique selection of original political cartoons, each capturing a moment of history while being a work of art. |
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