Photo, Print, Drawing "People's Republic" / Herblock.
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Title
- "People's Republic" / Herblock.
Summary
- Editorial cartoon showing a Chinese tank rolling over a pile of massacred protesters during freedom demonstrations in Tiananmen Square.
Names
- Block, Herbert, 1909-2001, artist
Created / Published
- 1989 June 6, c1989.
Headings
- - Dead persons--China--Beijing--1980-1990
- - Student movements--China--Beijing--1980-1990
- - Protest movements--China--Beijing--1980-1990
- - Tanks (Military science)--China--Beijing--1980-1990
- - China--History--Tiananmen Square Incident, 1989
Headings
- Editorial cartoons--American--1980-1990.
- Ink drawings--American--1980-1990.
Genre
- Editorial cartoons--American--1980-1990
- Ink drawings--American--1980-1990
Notes
- - Caption label from exhibit "Herblock's History Corporate Body Snatchers": On June 3 and 4, 1989, Chinese army troops and tanks rolled into the Tiananmen Square area in Beijing to crush student-led pro-democracy protests that had begun in mid-April. Residents of other cities in China and nations worldwide protested the bloody crackdown. Casualties were estimated at 5,000. Herb Block reprinted this cartoon ten years later as a reminder of the Chinese rulers with whom Americans were dealing.
- - Distributed by Creators Syndicate, Inc.
- - Published in the Washington Post, June 6, 1989.
- - Copyright 1989 by Herblock.
- - Forms part of: Herbert L. Block Collection (Library of Congress).
- - Exhibited in: "Herblock's History: Political Cartoons from the Crash to the Millennium" at the Library of Congress, 2000-2001. (105)
Medium
- 1 drawing on paper : ink, crayon, porous point pen, and opaque white over blue pencil underdrawing ; 57.4 x 36.5 cm (sheet)
Call Number/Physical Location
- BLOCK, no. 14395 (C size) [P&P]
Source Collection
- Block, Herbert, 1909-2001. Herbert L. Block collection (Library of Congress)
Repository
- Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Digital Id
- ppmsc 03281 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsc.03281
- cph 3c26876 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3c26876
Library of Congress Control Number
- 00652268
Reproduction Number
- LC-DIG-ppmsc-03281 (digital file from original drawing) LC-USZ62-126876 (b&w film copy neg.)
Rights Advisory
- Publication may be restricted. For information see "Herbert Block ("Herblock") Rights and Restrictions," https://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/271_herb.html
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- image