Drawing
- Title:
- Where's Everybody Going?
- Object Name:
- Drawing
- Object ID:
- 2008.042.01
- Creator:
- Murphy, Bob
- Place of Origin:
- Manchester, NH
- Date:
- circa 1970
- Description:
- Drawing, political cartoon, "Where's Everybody Going?", by Bob Murphy, for the Union Leader, Manchester, NH, c. 1970. Ink on paper. Vertical rectangle. Titled above image, " 'WHERE'S EVERYBODY GOING?' " Depicts New Hampshire Governor Walter Peterson holding a skunk. Skunk bears a sign, "102 / ATTORNEYS' / POLITICAL / AD". Clothespin on Peterson's nose. Man identified as "JOHN Q." lies on floor at bottom. Four men running away in background. Signed in ink, bottom right corner of image, "BOB / MURPHY". Notes in ink in bottom margin: "Reduce to 7 1/2". TOP TO BOTTOM / FRIDAY EDITORIAL UL / 3 glossies please". Unframed.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-22.75 W-14.3 inches
- Provenance:
- Acquired by the donor from the artist, political cartoonist Bob Murphy, at the Manchester Union Leader in the early 1970s.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of John Douglas Peters and Christine K. Consales
- Subjects:
- Political cartoons, Skunks
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