Helping the Little Fellow Along
Object Details
- Description
- The object is a political cartoon hand-drawn on white paper by Clifford Berryman in Washington, D.C. circa 1900. The drawing depicts a large Uncle Sam walking ahead of a small man wearing a hat labeled "Porto Rico;" the man carries a large, heavy barrel that reads US Tax On Porto Rico." The title "Helping the Little Fellow Along" is inscribed in pencil along the upper edge. The drawing is signed "Berryman" in the lower right area of the illustration.
- This drawing illustrates the impact of U.S. colonialism on Puerto Rico in the aftermath of the Spanish American War of 1898, when Spain ceded Puerto Rico to the United States.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Miss Florence S Berryman
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- date made
- circa 1900
- Associated Date
- 1898
- ID Number
- PL.322733.029
- catalog number
- 322733.029
- accession number
- 322733
- maker
- Berryman, Clifford
- Object Name
- Cartoon
- political cartoon
- Object Type
- cartoons
- Drawing
- editorial cartoons
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- ink (overall material)
- pencil (overall material)
- hand-drawn (overall production method/technique)
- Measurements
- overall: 14 7/8 in x 10 in; 37.78306 cm x 25.4 cm
- place made
- United States: District of Columbia
- referenced
- Puerto Rico
- See more items in
- Political History: Political History, Campaign Collection
- Government, Politics, and Reform
- depicted
- Uncle Sam
- Political Caricatures
- referenced
- Taxes
- related event
- Spanish-American War
- Record ID
- nmah_496209
