by Mike Rhode
7/15: updates to the original post marked with * - 4 pieces from KAL, and one sheet of photos so far.
KAL's newsletter post about his coaster artwork inspired me to finally finish this.
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Supreme Court justices for the circular corner booth, courtesy of Ann Telnaes |
A few months ago, Matt Wuerker created this guide to who was who in the 1990s caricatures by Edmund Valtman and Ron Coddington on the wall (note 1) in the bar in the Hay-Adams Hotel. He was able to identify everybody but one. To learn more about them, you can read “On The Record With Off The Record's Cartoonists,” White House History (48; Winter 2018): 60-71 at
https://issuu.com/whhapubl/docs/whha_journal_48
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the unknown caricature |
There are other cartoons and caricatures on the walls, but Matt was concerned with identifying these.
Now, an attempt to list all of the coasters they've produced.
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Kim Jong-un by Matt and Angela Merkel by Kal |
Here's an almost certainly incomplete list of caricatures, with who drew them, and the year when known. I had a short list of ones I didn't own, but I think I've lost that. There were more foreigner leaders iirc, and perhaps a Pope.
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Mitch McConnell by KAL and Putin by Matt |
*Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) |
Kallaugher, Kevin 'KAL' |
2025 |
Angela
Merkel |
Kallaugher, Kevin 'KAL' |
2017 |
Ben
Carson |
Kallaugher, Kevin 'KAL' |
2015 |
Boris
Johnson |
Kallaugher, Kevin 'KAL' |
2022 |
Carly
Fiorina |
Kallaugher, Kevin 'KAL' |
2015 |
Donald
Trump |
Kallaugher, Kevin 'KAL' |
2015 |
*Elizabeth Warren |
Kallaugher, Kevin 'KAL' |
2015 |
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Gavin
Newsom |
Kallaugher, Kevin 'KAL' |
2023 |
George
W. Bush with Barack Obama |
Kallaugher, Kevin 'KAL' |
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Joe
Biden |
Kallaugher, Kevin 'KAL' |
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*John Kerry |
Kallaugher, Kevin 'KAL' |
2015 |
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*Kristi Noem |
Kallaugher, Kevin 'KAL' |
2025 |
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Mike
Pence |
Kallaugher, Kevin 'KAL' |
2015 |
Mitch
McConnell |
Kallaugher, Kevin 'KAL' |
2014 |
Paul
Ryan |
Kallaugher, Kevin 'KAL' |
2015 |
*Pete Buttigieg |
Kallaugher, Kevin 'KAL' |
2025 |
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Robert
Mueller |
Kallaugher, Kevin 'KAL' |
2018 |
Ted Cruz
with Canadian Club whiskey |
Kallaugher, Kevin 'KAL' |
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Ted Cruz
with tea |
Kallaugher, Kevin 'KAL' |
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Chris
Christie |
Telnaes, Ann |
2015 |
Hillary
Clinton |
Telnaes, Ann |
2015 |
J.D.
Vance |
Telnaes, Ann |
2024 |
Kamala
Harris |
Telnaes, Ann |
2021 |
Lindsay
Graham |
Telnaes, Ann |
2022 |
Melania
Trump and the Trump children |
Telnaes, Ann |
2016 |
Ruth
Bader Ginsberg |
Telnaes, Ann |
2017 | |
Anthony
Fauci |
Wuerker, Matt |
2021 |
Bernie Sanders |
Wuerker, Matt |
2015 |
Bernie
Sanders with FDR on the wall |
Wuerker, Matt |
2019 |
Biden
vs. Trump |
Wuerker, Matt |
2024? |
Charles
Schumer and Nancy Pelosi |
Wuerker, Matt |
2016 |
Chris
Christie and Michellee Obama |
Wuerker, Matt |
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Donald
and Melania Trump decorating the White House |
Wuerker, Matt |
2025 |
Elizabeth
Warren with Cory Booker, Pete Buttigieg, and Beto O'Rourke |
Wuerker, Matt |
2019 |
George
HW, Barbara, George W and Jeb Bush |
Wuerker, Matt |
2015 |
Hakeem
Jeffries |
Wuerker, Matt |
2024? |
Hillary
Clinton with Bill Clinton |
Wuerker, Matt |
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Jeb Bush |
Wuerker, Matt |
2015 |
Joe and
Jill Biden |
Wuerker, Matt |
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John
Boehner |
Wuerker, Matt |
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John
Boswell |
Wuerker, Matt |
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Kamala
Harris with Joe Biden |
Wuerker, Matt |
2019 |
Kevin
McCarthy, Speaker of the House, Matt Gaetz, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Lauren
Boebert, George Santos. Republican representatives. |
Wuerker, Matt |
2023 |
Kim
Jong-un |
Wuerker, Matt |
2017 |
Marco
Rubio |
Wuerker, Matt |
2015 |
Mike
Johnson |
Wuerker, Matt |
2024? |
Omarosa
Manigault Newman |
Wuerker, Matt |
2018 |
Rand
Paul |
Wuerker, Matt |
2015 |
Ron
DeSantis |
Wuerker, Matt |
2023 |
Sarah
Huckabee Sanders |
Wuerker, Matt |
2018 |
Scott
Walker |
Wuerker, Matt |
2015 |
Tim
Kaine with Hillary Clinton |
Wuerker, Matt |
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Tim
Waltz |
Wuerker, Matt |
2024 |
Vladimir
Putin |
Wuerker, Matt |
2017 |
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my collection mounted in a portfolio  | *updated - missed this page originally |
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Ruth Ginsberg by Ann |
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John Boehner by Matt |
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Melania and Trump by Matt |
(1) These are part of the Library of Congress' Art Wood collection, but were hung in the bar before the Library acquired it from Wood.