Ein Hundstage-Traum.... Cartoon from Puck, Joseph Keppler, 1881

A mid-summer day's dream - while our artist sleeps, his favorite subjects are left to do justice to themselves, and to correct his conceptions. Cartoon showing the artist joseph keppler sleeping and dreaming of 10 well-known people of the time, including butler, grant, talmadge, beecher, kelly, bennett, s. Tilden, whitelaw reid, tonans, and peter cooper painting portraits of themselves. Date 1881 united states, 1881 prints; lithographs color lithograph gift of mrs. Irene salinger in memory of her father, adolph stern (54. 70. 29. 10) prints and drawings. Date: 1881. Dimensions: 19 x 13 in. (48.26 x 33.02 cm). Collection: Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Ein Hundstage-Traum (While Joseph Keppler sleeps) LACMA 54.70.29.10