A lot consisting of four political cartoon original illustrations by American illustrator James H. Donahey (1875-1949), including:

• Unframed S-h-h-h (1932) pencil & ink on cardstock with full margins. It is signed, dated, and titled in the lower margin. 
  • Dimensions: 22.5h x 14.25w inches
• Unframed Farewell Performance of The Revue Blues of 1932 (1932) pencil & ink on cardstock with full margins. It is signed, dated, and titled in the lower margin.
  • Dimensions: 22.5h x 14.25w inches
• Unframed Hurry, Hurry! pencil & ink on cardstock with full margins. It is signed, dated, and titled in the lower margin. 
  • Dimensions: 22.75h x 14.25w inches
• Unframed One Goes East and One Goes West (1928) pencil & ink on cardstock with full margins. It is signed, dated, and titled in the lower margin.
  • Dimensions: 22.5h x 14.5w inches

James H. Donahey was an American illustrator who sat as Chief Editorial Cartoonist of The Plain Dealer for 49-years. He studied at the Cleveland School of Art and began working with Cleveland World in 1896. Then in 1900, he joined The Plain Dealer where he remained consistently drawing until his death from a stroke in 1949. His most famous cartoon was published in 1910 at the death of Mark Twain, depicting two somber boys rafting a flower-draped bier "Down the River."

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Fair to Good antique condition. There is expected, but minor foxing spots across each. Visible handling wear along the margins of each, as well. No further wear or restoration revealed under blacklight. Please see photos.