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The ready-made Napoleon

The ready-made Napoleon

William II, Emperor of Germany, exchanges his coat and helmet for a hat and coat in the style of Napoleon I, Emperor of the French. Bernhard von Bülow stands next to him, also dressed in the style of an early 19th century French aristocrat, holding a cape draped over his right arm. Caption: Valet Von Buelow–Sapristi, Herr Wilhelm! They become you most beautifully!

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Bernhard Heinrich Karl Martin, Furst von Bulow, was German Chancellor in 1905. Regarded as a suave diplomatic and bold strategist, he was also widely regarded as a dunderhead and lickspittle, offering Kaiser Wilhelm II as much subservience as wise advice.

The bachelor’s last Christmas eve

The bachelor’s last Christmas eve

A pensive bachelor sits in front of a fireplace on Christmas Eve. The figure of Cupid stands before an open suitcase, its contents strewn about the floor, as a butler nervously attends to the clothes. The bachelor’s distress arises from his holiday solitude.

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A popular theme of cartoonists in these times was the contrast of convivial lifestyles of unmarried society types and loneliness at holiday times. Rose O’Neill explored this theme no less than fellow cartoonists, but this pioneer female artist also specialized in the subjects of children, her creations The Kewpies, illustrations for romance novels, and, later in life erotic sculptures. She was also a writer and poet. Born in the Ozarks, at the time of this cartoon she was married to the society lion and inventor Gray Latham. Soon after this cartoon’s publication she divorced Latham and married Puck‘s editor, the popular humorist Harry Leon Wilson.