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Portraits, the Grand Match, and the Clubhouse Wall · The American Game
A Rank Foozler
J. S. Pughe, chromolithograph for Puck, 1903 · chromolithograph
What it is
J. S. Pughe’s cover for Puck, 19 August 1903, titled A Rank Foozler.
Why it matters
By 1903 golf was familiar enough in America that a cartoonist could use a bad round to mock a public man.
What to notice
Look at the ball: it has a face, and it is laughing. The broken shafts at his feet are each labelled.
The ball has always known.
Provenance
- Maker
- J. S. Pughe, chromolithograph for Puck, 1903
- Era
- The Haskell — the Rubber Core (1898–1930)
- Chapter
- The Golden Age
- Medium
- chromolithograph
- Made
- 1903
- Source
- Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs (LCCN 2010652293) · LCCN 2010652293
Rights: CLEAR. Public domain — U.S. 95-year rule (published 1930 or earlier). Gated by the work’s own year of publication. Cleared by registry on 2026-11-01.
Format
The full-resolution, color-managed file — restored honestly, yours to print and keep.
Sized to protect print quality — this scan supports sizes up to 24x36" cleanly.
Size
$29.00
