Drawing
- Title:
- The Sword of Damocles Up To Date
- Object Name:
- Drawing
- Object ID:
- 1973.051.06
- Creator:
- Coffin, John E. (1860-1905)
Artist - Date:
- circa 1896
- Description:
- Drawing, cartoon of "The Sword of Damocles Up to Date", by John E. Coffin (1860-1905), c. 1896. Pen and ink on paper on paperboard. Caricatures of six men: man (unlabled Cyrus Sulloway) under table with "CUBA LIBRE" hat; fat man (labeled "Jake") on chair with large sword above head; small man ( "Rollins") in bag labeled "JIM / LYFORD / HIS / GRIP."; man ("Bill") in window at left with hands up; tall man ("Clarke") standing and shaking looking at sword; and man in window at right, ("Busiel") with large scissors cutting a string tied to a sword with the words: "CIVIL SERVICE LAW". Ink inscription upper left on paperboard: "THE SWORD OF DAMOCLES UP TO DATE." Unframed.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-14.7 W-19.6 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase
- People:
- Busiel, Charles A. (1842-1901), Coffin, J. Ed., Coffin, John E., Gallinger, Jacob H. (1837-1918), Lyford, James Otis (1853- ), Rollins, Frank West (1860-1915), Sulloway, Cyrus A. (1839-1917)
- Subjects:
- Political cartoons, Sword of Damocles, Politicians, Swords, Civil service
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