Drawing
- Title:
- Just Keep Your Eyes On The Leopard
- Object Name:
- Drawing
- Object ID:
- 1973.051.20
- Creator:
- Coffin, John E. (1860-1905)
Artist - Date:
- circa 1896
- Description:
- Drawing, cartoon of "Just Keep Your Eyes On The Leopard", by John E. Coffin (1806-1905), c. 1896. Pen and ink on paper on paperboard. "Sulloway" dressed as a leopard, chained to a ceiling beam, and applying gold paint to face; "Jake" dressed in overalls, looking on, and holding two animal brushes in center; and "Lyford" holding hose connected to tank on his back with the words "SEA / WATER / BOSTON / HARBOR" to right. Signed right edge: "JEC". Ink inscription upper left on paperboard: "JUST KEEP YOUR EYES ON THE LEOPARD."; and lower left to center on paperboard: "THE LEOPARD -- That old Gag About Us Leopards Not Being Able To Change Our Spots is a Regular Fake and Ought To Be Called In." Unframed.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-14.4 W-17 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase
- People:
- Coffin, J. Ed., Coffin, John E., Gallinger, Jacob H. (1837-1918), Lyford, James Otis (1853- ), Sulloway, Cyrus A. (1839-1917)
- Subjects:
- Leopards, Political cartoons
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