ORIGINAL DRAWING SIGNED BY RYAN WALKER. Original pen and ink illustration, measuring 9.5 x 4 inches. [No place, but likely New York City]: [no date, but the 1920s or earlier]. Signed "Ryan Walker," and inscribed by him: "Mr Geo R Miner Who insists that he does not look like Tom Lawson. Profound apology to the Miner family from the artist." A full length portrait, caricaturing George R. Miner, in a 3-piece suit, accentuating his mustache and stomach. George R. Miner was born in 1862, in Manchester, Vermont. He was a noted journalist, with The New York Herald, in London, Paris, and New York City. Good condition, with few faint creases, light soiling.

Ryan Walker (1870-1932) was an American political activist and cartoonist, who published political cartoons in radical newspapers and magazines in the United States. Best remembered for his character "Henry Dubb", an American worker who was victimized by capitalism as a result of his blind acceptance of the ideas of the ruling class. A member of the Socialist Party of America during his younger years, Walker's political views hardened during the Great Depression and he joined the Communist Party USA, and worked at the party's English-language daily newspaper in New York City. Walker died of pneumonia in June 1932 while on a trip to the Soviet Union [wiki].