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Attribution: Daniel R. Fitzpatrick, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Description: "Let us have peace", cartoon about Germany's peace proposals during World War I
Date: 1917
Source: Cartoons Magazine vol. 11, 1917
Permission: Public Domain
Author: Daniel R. Fitzpatrick (1891–1969)
Daniel Robert Fitzpatrick (March 5, 1891 – May 18, 1969) was a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner and an editorial cartoonist for the St. Louis Dispatch from 1913 to 1958.[1]
Fitzpatrick was born in Superior, Wisconsin. He studied at the Art Institute of Chicago. From 1911 to 1912 he worked as a staff artist and cartoonist at the Chicago Daily News. Joining the St. Louis Post Dispatch in 1913, Fitzpatrick served as its editorial cartoonist until 1958.[2]
His work and actions received criticism. In 1940 the cartoonist and several other Post Dispatch staff members were cited with contempt of court because they criticized the dismissal of an extortion suit against a State Representative. Fitzpatrick received a ten-day sentence and a $100 fine. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_R._Fitzpatrick
Repurposed by SMS 2022: 1) Dog labelled “Freedom”; Caption “Let us have peace.” replaced with "Please, I was just following the script!”