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Frederick Burr Opper

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Smithsonian

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Smithsonianhttps://www.si.edu/object/npg_NPG.84.106
Tier 1 · Institutional90%

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Frederick Burr Opper was one of the pioneers of American newspaper comic strips, best known for his comic strip Happy Hooligan. His comic characters were featured in magazine gag cartoons, covers, political cartoons and comic strips for six decades.

Source: Smithsonian Institution · Trust score: 90% · Updated 1mo ago

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Artworks (5)

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The Extermination of Tammany with a Straight Republican Ticket. Platt's "Living Picture" – An Awful Fake

1894 · Lithograph touched with pen and ink and wash

sheet: 14 11/16 x 14 3/16 in. (37.3 x 36 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Last Three Hopes of the Republican Party, from Puck

1892 · Color lithograph on newsprint

30.8 × 48 cm (12 3/16 × 18 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Shining Lights of the Grand Old Party

1890 · Color lithograph on newsprint

23.8 × 21.5 cm (9 3/8 × 8 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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President Cleveland's Awful Treachery: Handing Over the Liberties of America to John Bull

1890 · Pen and ink

sheet: 13 1/2 x 11 in. (34.3 x 27.9 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Era of Progress in Children's Literature, from Puck

1882 · Color lithograph on newsprint

22.7 × 30.5 cm (8 15/16 × 12 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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5 published of 5 catalogued · 3 with image

Art Institute Chicago
3 published3 img
The Met
2 published

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