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By strategic use of postcards, Thoreau manages to keep Walden Pond unspoiled. : cartoon for The New Yorker [drawing].

BIB_ID
303210
Accession number
MA 12327
Creator
Handelsman, J. B.
Published
1987.
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, Jan. 18, 1988.
360 x 282 mm
Provenance
Melvin R. Seiden; Janine Luke.
Summary
Henry David Thoreau sitting by a pond in the woods and writing a letter to Ralph Waldo Emerson that reads, "Dear Ralph, Talk about boring! Nothing to do but take stupid walks in the dreary woods! You'd hate it!! Best regards, Henry."
Medium
Pen and black ink with correction fluid and overlaid correction, on paper.
Classification