Some Prominent New York Cartoonists—Art of Caricature

Grant Wright's arrangement of six portrait caricatures documents the leading newspaper cartoonists of turn-of-the-century New York. Featuring Opper, Outcault, Bush, Dalrymple, Davenport, and Rogers, this drawing celebrates artists who shaped American visual humor through the Sunday supplement and daily comic strip—forms that would become the foundation of comic books. Their sharp, economical line work and exaggerated features established the visual language of character-driven narrative art that defined popular entertainment for generations.