Drawing

Title:

Hark! Hark! The Dogs Do Bark

Object Name:

Drawing

Object ID:

1973.051.04

Creator:

Coffin, John E. (1860-1905)Artist

Date:

circa 1896

Description:

Drawing, cartoon of "Hark! Hark! The Dogs Do Bark, Etc., Etc. A Warning to Small Towns", by John E. Coffin (1860-1905), c. 1896. Pen and ink on paper on paperboard. Four men standing beside a ticket booth. "Jake" at right wearing a top hat and shiny pocket watch. "Clarke:, "Rollins" and "Sulloway" stand in center; "Clarke" holding a bindle labeled "POST / OFFICE / TROUBLES / IN / SECOND DIST."; short man stands next to bag labeled "Rollins / Of / Boston"; and "Sulloway" leans on crutch labeled "PENSIONS", "FRIEND of McKINLEY" badge hanging from arm, and an large hand and foot labeled "FIRST TERM" and "SECOND TERM". "Lyford" stands in "G.O.P. TICKET WAGON" at left, handing a ticket to a boy with a dog on leash; sign on dog's tail reads "McCLUSKY'S DOG." Signed lower right: "JEC". Ink inscription upper left on paperboard: "HARK! HARK! THE DOGS DO BARK, ETC., ETC. A WARNING TO SMALL TOWNS."; and lower left on paperboard: "CHAIRMAN JAKE'S Entertainers Are On the Road With Their Unrivalled Attractions. Lock Your Doors." Unframed.

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-13.2 W-17.75 inches

Credit Line:

New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase

People:

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:

Gallinger, Jacob H., Entertainers, Political cartoons