Drawing
- Title:
- Mighty Uncomfortable For The Boys
- Object Name:
- Drawing
- Object ID:
- 1973.051.15
- Creator:
- Coffin, John E. (1860-1905)
Artist - Date:
- circa 1896
- Description:
- Drawing, cartoon of "Mighty Uncomfortable For The Boys", by John E. Coffin, c. 1896. Pen and ink on paper on paperboard. Showing elephant, labeled "G.O.P.", carrying three men on back ("Rollins," "Sulloway," and "Clarke") and one on trunk ("Gallinger"), walking over tightrope (labeled "CORRUPTION and DISCORD"); the tightrope is stretched between two cliffs with "DEFEAT" below; "Jim" looks on from right cliff with hand extended toward elephant; "Bill" and "Buz" on left cliff peering over rocks. Ink inscription upper left on paper: "MIGHTY UNCOMFORTABLE FOR THE BOYS."; and lower right on paper: "JAKE -- Get Hold of His Tail, Jim, and Pull Him Back. I Guess He's / Going to Have a Fit on the Rope." Unframed.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-14.65 W-19.8 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase
- People:
- Coffin, J. Ed., Coffin, John E., Gallinger, Jacob H. (1837-1918), Rollins, Frank West (1860-1915), Sulloway, Cyrus A. (1839-1917)
- Subjects:
- Elephants, Political cartoons, Tightrope performers
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