At a bullfight, Theodore Roosevelt is the bull surrounded by picadors and banderilleros labeled “La Follette, Root, Taft, Sherman, Bryan, Watterson, [and] Crane,” and William Barnes, who is unidentified. The men are thrusting lances and banderillas into the bull, while the matador, Woodrow Wilson, waits in the upper right background to finish it off. Caption: When the picadors sufficiently puncture him, the matador will finish him.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1912-08-21

Creator(s)

Keppler, Udo J., 1872-1956

Period

Progressive Party Candidate (1911-1912)

Repository

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division

Page Count

1

Record Type

Image

Resource Type

Cartoon

Rights

These images are presented through a cooperative effort between the Library of Congress and Dickinson State University. No known restrictions on publication.

Citation

Cite this Record

Chicago:

The great American bull-fight. [August 21, 1912]. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o285620. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.

MLA:

Keppler, Udo J., 1872-1956. The great American bull-fight. [21 Aug. 1912]. Image.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. January 29, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o285620.

APA:

Keppler, Udo J., 1872-1956., [1912, August 21]. The great American bull-fight.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o285620.

Cite this Collection

Chicago:

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-prints-and-photographs. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.

MLA:

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. January 29, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-prints-and-photographs.

APA:

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-prints-and-photographs.