Drawing
- Title:
- Enthusiasm Under Difficulty
- Object Name:
- Drawing
- Object ID:
- 1973.051.12
- Creator:
- Coffin, John E. (1860-1905)
Artist - Date:
- circa 1896
- Description:
- Drawing, cartoon of "Enthusiasm Under Difficulty", by John E. Coffin (1860-1905), c. 1896. Pen and ink on paper on paperboard. Man labelled "Jake" is wearing pants with shamrocks, and is shovelling coal into "G.O.P. HEATER"; a large "PARTY THERMOMETER" on right and is reading below zero; 'Clarke" and "Sulloway" images appear in icicles above heater; very tall man and very short man watching next to suitcase labeled "ROLLINS / BOSTON." Ink inscription upper left on paperboard: "ENTHUSIASM UNDER DIFFICULTY"; and lower center paperboard: "JIM LYFORD -- Shovel, Jakey; There Doesn't Appear to be Much Warmth About the Machine. The Little Friend Never Struck Such a Frost / As This Down in Boston, and He Isn't Used to It.." / JAKEY -- I Don't Mind Shovelling, Jim, but I Would Like to Know Whether I'm Feeding a Furnance or an Ice Machine." Unframed.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-14.4 W-18.9 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:
- Lyford, Jim, Political cartoons, Coal, Furnaces, Heaters, Icicles
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