Political Cartoon: Social Science Solved

Denis Kearney

Political Cartoon: Social Science Solved

4/10/1880

Political Cartoon

Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco presents an April 10, 1880 Harper’s Weekly political cartoon about “Kearneyism” and the new Constitution of California. The artist portrays a skeleton wearing a “communist” banner burning a torch labeled “anarchy” and holding a script that says “The New Constitution of California: Kearneyism.” Other themes include homeownership, land, property, labor, and capital.

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Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (Contributor: Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, Original Publisher: Harper's Weekly)

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