Life — January 22, 1914 — page 25: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This is a satirical illustration comparing human character types to animals. Each sketch pairs a person's face with an animal label: Hog, Chicken, Bull, Lamb, Shark, Wasp, Lobster, Goat, Hen, Ass, Deer, and Cat. The humor relies on visual caricature—exaggerating facial features to resemble the named animals. This reflects early 20th-century satirical traditions where human personality types were mockingly associated with animal characteristics. The "Zoology" title frames it as pseudo-scientific observation of human nature. Without knowing the specific publication date or if these caricatured individuals represented actual public figures, the general point appears to be ridiculing various human personality archetypes through animal comparison—a common satirical device in vintage American humor magazines.