Drawing
- Title:
- Hard and Fast on the Rocks
- Object Name:
- Drawing
- Object ID:
- 1973.051.10
- Creator:
- Coffin, John E. (1860-1905)
Artist - Date:
- circa 1896
- Description:
- Drawing, cartoon of "Hard and Fast on the Rocks", by John E. Coffin (1860-1905), c. 1896. Pen and ink on paper on paperboard. Man, "Gallinger," pushing boat in which sits "Cy"; boat is on rocks labled "HUMILIATION" and "DISRUPTION"; "Lyford" and "Rollins" watch from the shore of the "ISLAND / OF / DISCORD"; "Bill" sits in palm tree watching and throwing coconuts at "Lyford." Ink inscription top left on paperboard: "HARD AND FAST ON THE ROCKS"; lower center on paperboard: "LYFORD -- Heave Hard, Jakey, We Don't Want To Stay on This Blamed Island any Longer. / JAKEY -- I Am a Heavin', but this is the Toughest Old Job I Ever Tackled; Can't Your Small Friend Do Something." Unsigned.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-14.65 W-19.25 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:
- Political cartoons, Boats, Sailboats, Islands, Gallinger, Jacob H.
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