"All I can figure is that he must have been inspecting the water quality of our lakes and rivers when he became entangled in cement." : cartoon for The New Yorker [drawing].

Record ID: 
290175
Accession number: 
MA 12274
Author: 
Cotham, Frank.
Published: 
1996.
Credit: 
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, Sept. 30, 1996.

Summary: 

Weary looking defendant on witness stand in court, as a lawyer interrogates him about a mafia style killing by drowning.

Medium: 
Pen and black ink with black watercolor pencil with graphite, overlaid correction and correction fluid, on paper.
Dimensions: 
343 x 267 mm
Provenance: 
Melvin R. Seiden; Janine Luke.
Catalog Link: 
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Classification: 
Drawing
Department: 
Literary and Historical Manuscripts