Drawing
- Title:
- The Boys Woke Papa up, But He Didn't Whip Them
- Object Name:
- Drawing
- Object ID:
- 1973.051.14
- Creator:
- Coffin, John E. (1860-1905)
Artist - Date:
- circa 1896
- Description:
- Drawing, cartoon of "The Boys Woke Papa up, But He Didn't Whip Them", by John E. Coffin (1860-1905), c. 1896. Pen and ink on paper on paperboard. Three caricatured men in a bed looking at two men ("Buz" and "Bill") outside the window; "Papa Jake" in night clothes to right, holds candle and looks on; cat "Jim" with arched back on bed's headboard. Signed lower left: "JE Coffin". Ink inscription upper left on paperboard: "THE BOYS WOKE PAPA UP, BUT HE DID'NT WHIP THEM."; and lower left to lower right paperboard: "CHORUS OF KIDS -- Papa! Papa! The Bugaboos! The Bugaboos! ! / PAPA JAKE -- No, Boys. They are Not Bugaboos; They're the Real Thing. I Don't Wonder You're Hollerin', I'm Scared Myself." Unframed.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-14 W-18.15 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase
- People:
- Coffin, J. Ed., Coffin, John E., Gallinger, Jacob H. (1837-1918), Lyford, James Otis (1853- )
- Subjects:
- Political cartoons, Beds, Bedrooms, Nightshirts
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