Drawing
- Title:
- But It's A Bitter Joke For The Toiler
- Object Name:
- Drawing
- Object ID:
- 1966.013.30
- Creator:
- Penn
- Date:
- 1912
- Description:
- Drawing, cartoon of "But It's A Bitter Joke For The Toiler", by Penn, 1912. Pen and ink on paper. Fat man, "Protected Trusts," riding in baby carriage labeled "INFANT INDUSTRIES", and pushed up hill by man "Labor". Sign to left "THE / HILL / OF / HIGHER & HIGHER PRICES". Sun "REPUBLICAN / TARIFF" setting behind hill top. Signed lower right: "Penn". Horizontal pencil line lower left with inscription: "leave off below"; additional horizontal pencil lines lower center with inscription: "5 1/2". Pencil inscription on reverse: "61 877 / 5 1/2 wide / leave off at / bottom as / indicated". Unframed.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-13.6 W-11 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, Baby carriages
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