Puck's Suggestion for the World's Fair, The Colossus of Chicago Would Knock Out the Eiffel Tower, from "Puck Magazine"

October 8, 1890

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This imaginary colossos is proposed by the artist as an installation for the 1893 Chicago World's Fair. Puck Magazine was America's first successful humor magazine containing colorful cartoon caricatures and political satire, published 1871-1918. It was also the first to successfully adopt full color lithography printing for a weekly publication.

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Title: Puck's Suggestion for the World's Fair, The Colossus of Chicago Would Knock Out the Eiffel Tower, from "Puck Magazine"
Series/Portfolio: Puck Magazine
Artist: Louis Dalrymple (American, Cambridge, Illinois 1866–1905 Amityville, New York)
Date: October 8, 1890
Medium: Color lithograph
Dimensions: sheet: 19 11/16 x 13 7/16 in. (50 x 34.2 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Bequest of Herbert Mitchell, 2008
Object Number: 2018.839.127
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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