Satirical portrayal of nine City Council members: Harry W. Risley; Arvell A. Blakley (with gavel in hand); Harry Rosenthal; Louis Straub; C. Paul Harrington; Oskar N. Anderson; Louis Staford; Harold M. Webster; William Knight; Miss Cox, and a face with wings, presumably Mayor Robert Walter Speer (1855-1918) looking over the City Council.
Description
1 print : 19 x 26 cm. (7.5 x 10 in.) + 1 informational flyer.
Is Part Of
Denver Public Library Western Art Collection
Subject
Speer, Robert Walter, 1855-1918--Pictorial works; Denver (Colo.). City Council--Pictorial works; Political satire--Pictorial works.
Format-Medium
Art
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Copyright restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History and Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library, at photosales@denverlibrary.org.
Signed lower right.; "Best Regards Don Griffith" handwritten, lower right corner.; Informational flyer reads: "These reproductions sell for one dollar each. As the money is taken in on these reproductions of my painting, "CITY COUNCIL" I will proceed with the building of a full length portrait monument, in Colorado Granite, of ROBERT W. SPEER, former Builder and Mayor of Denver. When the monument is completed it will be offered to the City of Denver as a lasting tribute, built by the people of Denver, to the memory of Robert W. Speer, whose lifetime philosophy of accomplishment has been summed up in the short phrase "Build and Give while you Live."
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