JM-C003: Reading the play to a home audience vs. reading his play to a [manager]

Creators and Contributors

Artist: McCutcheon, John T.‏ ‎(John Tinney),‏ ‎1870-1949

Original Date Issued

1912

Extent

1 sheet : b&w ; 38 x 51 cm

Description

Editorial cartoon depicting the play author reading his play to his family, who clap for him with large smiles on their faces. In the next panel, the smiling man reads his play to a man surrounded by portraits who slouches in his chair without any sign of enthusiasm.

Note

Published in the Cosmopolitan Magazine on November 25, 1912.,"Property of Cosmopolitan Magazine" stamp on verso, with the No. section handwritten as "7537".,"Property of Cosmopolitan Magazine" stamp on verso with the No. section handwritten as "7538" and the Date line handwritten as "5/25/12".,"Ade fables Feb. issue"--Handwritten on verso and underlined.,"706-4-4 11/26 8"--Handwritten on verso and circled.,Pencil and ink on board.,Original in University of Missouri Special Collections, John Tinney McCutcheon Collection.,Digitized on March 2018. Equipment: Indus Color Book Scanner. Scanning software: bcs-2 version 3.4.9. Image specifications: 400 dpi, color. Access copies: tiffs with LZW compression, rotated and cropped.,Title from caption. Word in brackets an assumption of an illegible word supplied by cataloger.

Resource Type

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Identifier

mu:419703

Member of

McCutcheon Editorial Cartoons - ALL (Collection)

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