Drawing
- Title:
- Maybe He's Happier This Way
- Object Name:
- Drawing
- Object ID:
- 1966.013.22
- Creator:
- Penn
- Date:
- 1912
- Description:
- Drawing, cartoon of "Maybe He's Happier This Way", by Penn, 1912. Pen and ink on paper. "Worcester" sleeps under signboard giving his record in the N.H. Senate for 1887. Sign reads: "BULLETIN" / "WORCESTER'S RECORD / N. H. SENATE 1887 / VOTE AGAINST THE / 'WEEKLY PAYMENT BILL' / VOTE FOR 'DAMAGES,' / LIMIT $5000, RATHER / THAN $7000." "Barton" and "Estabrook" point and talk, "Lyford" looks on, hand to head. Signed lower right: "Penn". Lower margin pencil marks through ink lines and "5 wide" with circle around it in pencil. Pencil line along left margin and "X". Pencil inscription on reverse: " 64,734 / 5 wide". Unframed.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-14.2 W-11.25 inches
- Provenance:
- Accession includes printed and pen and ink political cartoons, given by Ernest Sherman, Headmaster at Proctor Academy.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Ernest Sherman
- People:
- Barton, Jesse M. (1870-1943), Estabrook, Fred W. (1852-1939), Lyford, James O. (1853-1924), Worcester, Franklin (1845-1916)
- Subjects:
- Political cartoons, Political issues
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