How Otis Surrounded Aguinaldo
date: label: date made
content: 1899
label: date made
content: 1899-11-17
label: Associated Date
content: 1898-1899
name: label: referenced
content: Aguinaldo, Emilio
label: maker
content: Berryman, Clifford
notes: label: Description
content: The object is a political cartoon hand-drawn on white paper by Clifford Berryman in Washington, D.C. in 1899. It depicts American General Elwell Stephen Otis and a buzzing bee carrying a label reading "Seat of Government." A penciled title is inscribed along the lower edge that reads "How Otis Surrounded Aguinaldo." The date "Nov.17, 99" is inscribed in pencil in the upper left. The drawing is signed "Berryman" in the lower right area of the illustration.
label: Description
content: This drawing concerns the Battle of Manila of 1899 in the Philippine-American War. It depicts American General Elwell Otis with enlarged hands presumably containing the Philippines, with the title referencing his United States victory over the Philippines led by President Emilio Aguinaldo.
label: Description
content: The buzzing bee was a device used by Berryman to indicate news, as in "buzz."
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: District of Columbia
label: Associated Place
content: Philippines: Manila
topic: label: decorative motif
content: Bees
label: Subject
content: War
label: related event
content: Spanish-American War
label: related event
content: Philippine–American War
setName: label: See more items in
content: Political History: Political History, Campaign Collection
label: See more items in
content: Government, Politics, and Reform
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Miss Florence S Berryman
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PL.322733.028
label: catalog number
content: 322733.028
label: accession number
content: 322733
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Cartoon
label: Object Name
content: political cartoon
label: Object Type
content: cartoons
label: Object Type
content: Drawing
label: Object Type
content: editorial cartoons
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: pencil (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: hand-drawn (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 15 1/4 in x 10 in; 38.735 cm x 25.4 cm