Drawing
- Title:
- It's Not That We Don't Want Peace
- Object Name:
- Drawing
- Object ID:
- 2008.042.03
- Creator:
- Murphy, Bob
Artist - Place of Origin:
- Manchester, NH
- Date:
- circa 1970
- Description:
- Political cartoon, Middle East conflict, by Bob Murphy, for the Union Leader, Manchester, NH, c. 1970. Ink on paper. Man identified as "EGYPT" speaks to Uncle Sam: "IT'S NOT THAT / WE DON'T WANT / PEACE, / IT'S JUST THAT / WE WANT / WAR / WITH / ISRAEL!" Soviet missiles on right. Signed in ink, bottom right corner of image, "BOB / MURPHY". Notes in ink in bottom margin: "3 col. x 7 1/2" / FRIDAY EDITORIAL - U-L / 3 glossies please". Unframed.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-22.7 W-14 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
- People:
- Murphy, Bob (1935- )
- Subjects:
- Political cartoons, Arab-Jewish relations, Uncle Sam, Missiles, Guided, War
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