Oscar Edward Cesare (1885-1948)
Ink brush and opaque white over graphite underdrawing, ca. 1917
This World War I cartoon by Oscar Edward Cesare depicts Uncle
Sam as a farmer behind the plow, gazing at an ominous black spiral
cloud labeled "Food Shortages." The United States had
entered the war early in 1917, just as the German policy of unrestricted
submarine warfare created a food shortage crisis in Europe. Cesare
was a widely admired cartoonist and a frequent contributor to such
publications as Harper's Weekly and The New York Times.
| Poster showing Uncle Sam proffering Liberty Bonds, or shackles inscribed Prussia. |
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| Source | New York Evening Post |
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