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Letter to the Evening Post by Mr. Philippe Bunau-Varilla

Letter to the Evening Post by Mr. Philippe Bunau-Varilla

Philippe Bunau-Varilla, an engineer of the Panama Canal, writes to the New York Evening Post to clarify publicly why he dropped his libel lawsuit against the newspaper. As Bunau-Varilla counters recent negative remarks made by the Post, he recounts his role in the Panama Canal’s construction, discusses the injustice of the Dreyfus Affair, and asserts that he is indifferent to further attacks from this newspaper.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-07-31

Creator(s)

Bunau-Varilla, Philippe, 1859-1940

The new aspirant

The new aspirant

A scruffy man labeled “Russia” carries a rope and attempts to set a ladder against a pillar labeled “Supremacy” topped with a statue of “Britannia.” At the base of the pillar is a pile of fallen statues labeled “Alexander, Napoleon, Charles V, Charles the Great, [and] Caesar.”

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1898-07-20

Creator(s)

Keppler, Udo J., 1872-1956

This will be an internal explosion

This will be an internal explosion

The child king Alfonso XIII, as a wooden puppet, is slumped over on the “Throne of Spain” with a clergyman standing next to him. On the walls to the right are portrait paintings of “Charles V, Ferdinand and Isabella, [and] Philip II.” On the left, an arm labeled “Home Riots” reaches through the curtains with a torch to ignite a bomb labeled “Anarchy” next to the throne.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1898-06-08

Creator(s)

Keppler, Udo J., 1872-1956

A dying light

A dying light

The horrified ghost of “Charles V” observes Práxedes M. Sagasta filling an oil lamp labeled “Spanish Honor” from a container labeled “Bombast.” The lamp sits on the “Map of Spain” on top of a small table. Caption: Shade of Charles V – Is that all that is left of my sun that never set on Spanish soil?

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1898-06-15

Creator(s)

Keppler, Udo J., 1872-1956