Drawing
- Title:
- The Republican Team Lining Up For the Great Game
- Object Name:
- Drawing
- Object ID:
- 1973.051.02
- Creator:
- Coffin, John E. (1860-1905)
Artist - Date:
- circa 1896
- Description:
- Drawing, cartoon of "The Republican Team Lining Up For the Great Game", by John E. Coffin (1860-1905), c. 1896. Pen and ink on paper on paperboard. Four men at right dressed as football players; "Jake" is wearing a nose guard and is holding a stick labeled "CIVIL SERVICE TROUBLE"; tall man, possibly Sulloway, has leg brace labeled "PENSIONS," and his "FREE SILVER" hand is in sling; short man, "Rollins," is holding a football; and "Clarke" has arm up and a bandaged head labeled "POST / OFFICE / TROUBLES". Two men, "Bill" and "Bus," stand at left; "Bill" holds a dog on leash, and dog is salivating over stick. Ink inscription upper center: "THE REPUBLICAN TEAM LINING UP FOR THE GREAT GAME"; and lower center "BILL to BUZ -- Well, How Are the Boys Looking? / BUZ to BILL -- They Don't Look Like a Sure Thing; a Little Overtrained, I Guess." Unframed.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-13.95 W-19.7 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase
- People:
- Coffin, J. Ed., Coffin, John E., Rollins, Frank West (1860-1915), Sulloway, Cyrus A. (1839-1917)
- Subjects:
- Political cartoons, Football, Football players, Dogs
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