About the Cartoon Drawings

The Cartoon Drawings filing series offers more than 9,000 original drawings for editorial cartoons, caricatures, and comic strips spanning the late 1700s to the present, primarily from 1880 to 1980. The cartoons cover people and events throughout the world, but most of the images were intended for publication in American newspapers and magazines. For a full list of the more than 700 represented artists, see the alphabetical Creator/Related Name Index. The Library acquired most of the drawings as gifts from the artists themselves and continues to add to the collection.

Information about obtaining copies is available through the "How to Order" link near the top of each catalog record.