The return of the "prodigal father" at the "Puck" office - drawn by himself LCCN92520934, 1883

Title: the return of the "prodigal father" at the "puck" office - drawn by himself abstract: print shows joseph f. Keppler returning to the "puck office" after a vacation in europe, laden with a string of "frankfurt" sausages, "paris" wine, "neuchâtel" cheese from "austria", an umbrella labeled "london", and a large tankard labeled "munich"; puck rushes to greet him, and other staff crowd the office. On the left is the "artists dep[artment]" with "gillam hogarth, opper raphael, gräetz apelles, [and] zim" emerging to welcome keppler home. There is a cabinet at center, in the background, with bust models of william h. Vanderbilt, benjamin f. Butler, george m. Robeson, james g. Blaine, samuel j. Tilden, carl schurz, ulysses s. Grant, chester a. Arthur, james g. Bennett, and on a statue is a bust of roscoe conkling. Next to the "editorial department", on the right, are books labeled "harvey's meditations among the tombs, congressional record, paley's natural theology, poetical works of g. W. Childs, [and] london punch". Physical description: 1 print: chromolithograph. Notes: copyright 1883 by keppler & schwarzmann.;illus. From puck, v. 14, no. 344, (1883 october 10), centerfold.;j. Keppler.;title from item. Date: 1883.