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[Edward L.G. Steele cartoon drawings].
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Title:

[Edward L.G. Steele cartoon drawings]
San Francisco news letter
Josh

Creator/Contributor:

Steele, Edward L. G., -1905, creator, artist.

Abstract:

Cartoons by Edward L.G. Steele, chiefly clippings from various print sources, also original ink drawings and watercolors. Subject matter is broad, including much caricature and other forms of social and political commentary. Sources of clippings include San Francisco News Letter and other periodicals, perhaps including the student humor magazine Josh (although no subjects seem to pertain directly to U.C. Berkeley or Stanford).

Date:

1895 (issued)

Subject:

n-us-ca
Caricatures and cartoons -- California
College student newspapers and periodicals -- California -- Berkeley
Caricatures et dessins humoristiques -- Californie
Journaux et périodiques étudiants -- Californie -- Berkeley
Caricatures and cartoons
College student newspapers and periodicals
California
California -- Berkeley

Note:

Title devised by cataloger.
Artist's signature appears on most works: Steele, or E.L.G. Steele, Jr.
Transferred from The viceroy, or, The happy city of Fuhchau-Fu : a comic opera in three acts (BANC MSS 2013/79).
Purchase ; From Marc Selvaggio ; 2014.
Edward L.G. Steele, Jr. (died 1905), University of California, Berkeley, Class of 1898, was a cartoonist and opera librettist. He was also editor-in-chief of the student humor magazine, Josh, co-published by U.C. Berkeley and Stanford University from 1895 to 1897.
Edward L.G. Steele cartoon drawings, BANC PIC 2014.222, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Type:

graphic
Cartoons (Commentary)
Drawings.
Watercolors.

Physical Description:

drawing
painting
print
approximately 135 items in 5 folders : prints, ink drawings and watercolors ; sheets 27 x 21 cm or smaller

Language:

English

Origin:

California

Related Item:

Transferred from The viceroy, or, The happy city of Fuhchau-Fu : a comic opera in three acts : Steele, Edward L. G., : -1905