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Title
Loafin' Around the Thrones
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Abstract: general (displayLabel="Scope and Contents note")
Ink and pencil (graphite & blue) on paper, matted. Drawn during a period of active transatlantic negotiation, this cartoon depicts a U.S. diplomatic figure in Paris, seemingly more interested in Moliere and Montaigne than in the competing summons of European rulers. Messages from monarchs pile at his feet, suggesting both the intensity of foreign expectations and the diplomat's deliberate composure amid shifting great-power politics. The contrast is pointed. Europe’s monarchs chase territory, railways and markets; Hay turns instead to Europe’s own literary and philosophical traditions. The cartoon assigns composure to the newcomer and imperial frenzy to the old powers, presenting American influence as cultivated restraint rather than territorial conquest. The United States enters imperial politics without crowns or colonies, claiming authority through diplomacy and by invoking Europe’s own literary and philosophical canon.
Note: preferredcitation
Loafin' Around the Thrones, John Hay Papers, Ms.Hay Box 22XXX, Folder 5, Brown University Library
Origin Information
Date Created
1903
Date Created: Start (encoding="w3cdtf", keyDate="yes")
1903
Date Created: End (encoding="w3cdtf")
1903
Language
Language Term: Code (iso639)
eng
Language Term: Text
English
Physical Description
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1.0
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Not in Copyright
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Collection is open for research.
Subject
Name: Personal (naf) (authorityURI="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names.html")
Name Part
Hay, John, 1838-1905
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Topic
Caricatures and cartoons--Political aspects
Subject (LCSH) (authorityURI="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects.html")
Topic
Thrones
Subject (LCSH) (authorityURI="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects.html")
Geographic
China
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Title Information
Title
John Hay Papers
Identifier: Local
Ms.Hay Box 22XXX, Folder 5
Location
Physical Location
Brown University Library, John Hay Library, University Archives and Manuscripts, Box A, Brown University, Providence, RI, 02912, U.S.A., (http://library.brown.edu/)
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Brown University Library, John Hay Library, University Archives and Manuscripts, Box A, Brown University, Providence, RI, 02912, U.S.A., (http://library.brown.edu/)