BIB_ID
342068
Accession number
MA 11916
Creator
Fisher, Edwin.
Published
1992.
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, Oct. 26, 1992.
347 x 272 mm
Inscriptions/Markings
"For David and Danielle WIth all my love - Ed"--in blue ink on top left recto of cardboard support; reproduction excised from The New Yorker--taped to center verso; "Illinois Rep. State Convention June '58. debated Douglas in July '58"--in pencil on top right verso.
Provenance
Melvin R. Seiden; Janine Luke.
Summary
Two men in a mid-nineteenth century drawing room coach Stephen Douglas, known as the Little Giant, before he debates Abraham Lincoln; top hats and cloaks hang on a coat rack in the corner.
Medium
Black compressed chalk pencil with graphite, correction fluid and pen and black ink with overlaid correction, on paper.
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