Rollin Kirby
Rollin Kirby (September 4, 1875 in Galva, Illinois – May 8, 1952 in New York, New York) was an American political cartoonist. In 1922 he was chronologically the first winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning, an honor that he would receive three times. Kirby worked as a cartoonist at the New York Mail, New York World and the New York Post.
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Rollin Kirby
Ewing Galloway · Editor and Publisher, Volume 54, No. 45, April 8, 1922, pg. 9 https: pg=RA3-PA61 · Public domain
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- Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning
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- Cartoonist
- Born
- 1875 · Galva.
- Died
- 1952 · New York City.
- Nationality
- United States
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Rollin Kirby (September 4, 1875 in Galva, Illinois – May 8, 1952 in New York, New York) was an American political cartoonist. In 1922 he was chronologically the first winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning, an honor that he would receive three times. Kirby worked as a cartoonist at the New York Mail, New York World and the New York Post.
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His Pulitzer Prizes were for cartoons "On the Road to Moscow" (1921), "News from the Outside World" (1924), and "Tammany" (1928).
Extract from scan of page 85, the American Magazine, May 1909. Illustration for the story "The seventh night" by James Oppenheim. Illustration by Rollin Kirby
Rollin Kirby
Extract from scan of page 83, the American Magazine, May 1909. Illustration for the story "The seventh night" by James Oppenheim. Illustration by Rollin Kirby
Rollin Kirby
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• Known for — Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning • Occupation — Cartoonist
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• Illustration — "Tammany!" portrays the Republican party as hypocritical in decrying the Tammany Hall political machine. • Illustration — "Exploding in his Hands" comments on the Zimmermann Telegram • Illustration — Cartoon showing Senators Lodge, Borah and Hiram Johnson blocking Peace • Illustration — Cartoon showing Humanity accusing the US Senate who has just murdered the Peace Treaty • Illustration — "News From the Outside World" comments on the United States' failure to join the League of Nations. • Illustration — "On the Road to Moscow" depicts Death leading victims of the Russian famine of 1921 • Illustration — Propaganda cartoon used during World War II.
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