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Drawing

Title:
Clean House, New Hampshire!
Object Name:
Drawing
Object ID:
1966.013.18
Creator:
Penn
Date:
1912
Description:
Drawing, cartoon of "Clean House, New Hampshire!", by Penn, 1912. Pen and ink on paper. Large broom sweeping away ten men: "Worcester"(asleep), "Estabrook", "Cy", "Pillsbury", "Barton", "Quinby", "Hen", "Jake", "Currier " and "Lyford". Signed lower right: "Penn". On right margin in pencil upper right corner and running down right edge there is abstract hand with finger pointing to left. Below in blue pencil script: "Be / sure / and / square / block / to / this / line." Another abstract hand with index finger pointing up and to the left. Pencil inscription on reverse: "64850 / 6 wide". Unframed.
Material:
Paper
Dimensions:
H-11.25 W-14.25 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
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