Drawing
- Title:
- Must Have Been Eating Worcester-Busiel Hay
- Object Name:
- Drawing
- Object ID:
- 1973.051.18
- Creator:
- Coffin, John E. (1860-1905)
Artist - Date:
- circa 1896
- Description:
- Drawing, cartoon of "Must Have Been Eating Worcester-Busiel Hay", by John E. Coffin (1860-1905), c. 1896. Pen and ink on paper on paperboard. Four men standing around dead-looking elephant; elephant is labeled "NEW / HAMPSHIRE / G.O.P"; three men in center are labeled on hat band: "Clarke", "Lyford", and "Rollins." Signed lower right center: "JEC". Ink inscription upper left paperboard: "MUST HAVE BEEN EATING WORCESTER-BUSIEL HAY"; and lower left on paperboard: "JIM LYFORD -- About Time the Elephant Showed Some Signs of Life, Isn't It, Gentlemen?" Unframed.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-12.4 W-18.55 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase
- People:
- Busiel, Charles A. (1842-1901), Coffin, J. Ed., Coffin, John E., Lyford, James Otis (1853- ), Rollins, Frank West (1860-1915), Worcester, Franklin (1845-1916)
- Subjects:
- Lyford, Jim, Political cartoons, Elephants
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