Dec 20: Sara Duke's virtual presentation highlighting Library of Congress cartoon art collections

Finding Pictures: Cartoon Cavalcade The Library of Congress has amassed a collection of 140,000 cartoon prints and drawings over the past 150 years, including political cartoons, comic strip and comic book illustrations, gag cartoons, and animation cels. Join Sara W. Duke, Curator of Popular & Applied Graphic Art for an insider's perspective of the wealth of cartoon art in the collections of the Prints & Photographs Division. While the cartoons date back to the European Renaissance and Japanese Edo period, most of the cartoons date from the 20th century United States. Wednesday, December 20th, 2023, 3:00-4:00 pm (EDT) Registration: https://loc.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_og_Kh-pcSQeK6S8D4FR3-w

A group of vultures waiting for the storm to "Blow Over" - "Let Us Prey," print by Thomas Nast, 1871. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsc.05890