To the Library of Congress in 2002 by the Herb Blockįoundation. Has also been published in celebration of the centennial [view A heavily illustrated biography, accompaniedīy images of each cartoon as it was printed in newspapers,

Mounted a retrospective exhibition that opened in To celebrate the centennial of Herblock's birth, the Library (24) Medium 1 drawing on layered paper : ink, graphite, and opaque white over graphite underdrawing 53.5 x 36.5 cm (sheet) Call Number/Physical Location BLOCK, no. Select drawings created between 19 have also been digitized. Exhibited in: 'Herblock's History: Political Cartoons from the Crash to the Millennium' at the Library of Congress, 2000-2001. Online descriptions and, in the case of most drawings created 01, digital images. Approximately 1,300ĭrawings represent his earlier work for the ChicagoĪll of the drawings donated to the Library of Congress by the Herb Block Foundation in 2002 are represented by In the Library of Congress Prints & Photographsĭivision date from 1946 through 2001, when Herblock workedįor the Washington Post. Source Herb Block, You read books, eh, (Washington: Washington Post, 24 April 1949, from the Library of Congress, Herb Blocks History: Political Cartoons. The bulk of the 14,000 original ink and graphite drawings His long chronicle of major social and political eventsīegan to appear in newspapers in 1929, and he continued toĭocument domestic and international events for 72 years. Herblock, was one of the most influential politicalĬommentators and editorial cartoonists in American history. Jpegs/tiffs display outside Library of CongressĪbout the Herbert L.

Herbert block political cartoons