Drawing
- Title:
- Awful Weakness Of The Back Field
- Object Name:
- Drawing
- Object ID:
- 1966.013.15
- Creator:
- Penn
- Date:
- 1912
- Description:
- Drawing, cartoon of "Awful Weakness Of The Back Field", by Penn, 1912. Pen and ink on paper. Men on line of scrimmage on a football field. Men from left to right: "Top", "Currier", "Cy", "Jake"," Pillsbury", "Hen", and "Quinby" at line. "Estabrook" and "Barton" mad, waving fists in background and facing two men at goal post; "Worcester" sleeping against goal post and "Lyford" with his back slightly turned with hand to head. Signed lower left: "Penn". Pencil inscription on reverse: "64.843 / 6 wide". Unframed.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-11.2 W-14.2 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), Currier, Frank D. (1853-1921), Estabrook, Fred W. (1852-1939), Gallinger, Jacob H. (1837-1918), Pillsbury, Hobart (1888-1932), Quinby, Henry B. (1846-1924), Sulloway, Cyrus A. (1839-1917), Worcester, Franklin (1845-1916), Lyford, James O. (1853-1924)
- Subjects:
- Political cartoons, Football, Football players
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