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Preparing to cross the Alps: Hannibal's address to his elephants : cartoon for The New Yorker [drawing].

BIB_ID
266017
Accession number
MA 12085
Creator
Handelsman, J. B.
Published
1988.
Credit line
The Melvin R. Seiden Collection. Gift of Janine Luke in honor of William M. Griswold and in memory of Melvin R. Seiden, 2011.
Description
1 drawing.
Notes
Original drawing for a cartoon published in The New Yorker, May 30, 1988.
355 x 280 mm
Provenance
Melvin R. Seiden; Janine Luke.
Summary
Hannibal talks to his elephants before marching off to war: he says, "As an African myself, I understand the problems of pachyderms", while the elephants think, "What can we lose?"
Medium
Pen and black ink, porous pointed pen with correction fluid and blue colored pencil, on paper.
Classification