Drawing
- Title:
- And All The While The Water Deepens
- Object Name:
- Drawing
- Object ID:
- 1966.013.20
- Creator:
- Penn
- Date:
- 1912
- Description:
- Drawing, cartoon of "And All The While The Water Deepens", by Penn, 1912. Pen and ink on paper. Five men standing around water tank; "HIGHER AND HIGHER PRICES / TANK" on side of tank; two fat men with top hats labeled "Trust" are turning a water pump and flooding the tank; while a man "Labor" is trying to empty the tank with a much smaller pump; another fat man with top hat "Trust" is holding a small umbrella over Labor's head, while two men, "Barton" and "Estabrook," lean back on railing. Sun overhead "REPUBLICAN / TARIFF". Signed lower left: "Penn". Pencil inscription on reverse: "64,586 / 6 1/6 wide". Unframed.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-13.8 W-7.1 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
- Subjects:
- Political cartoons, Water tanks, Pumps
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