"Gram isn't one to say 'I told you so.' But if you recollect your wedding day some thirty-odd years ago, Gram did say you weren't getting the biggest slice of pie in town." : cartoon for The New Yorker [drawing].

BIB_ID

290172

Accession number

MA 12311

Creator

Booth, George, 1926-

Published

1976.

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, Nov. 1, 1976.

305 x 230 mm

Provenance

Melvin R. Seiden; Janine Luke.

Summary

Old lady to middle-aged woman standing in the doorway of a ramshackle house, as they watch a dowdy looking man walk to his car carrying a briefcase and an umbrella.

Medium

Black ballpoint pen, porous pointed pen with overlaid corrections and correction fluid, on paper.

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Classification

Drawing

Department

Literary and Historical Manuscripts

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"Gram isn't one to say 'I told you so.' But if you recollect your wedding day some thirty-odd years ago, Gram did say you weren't getting the biggest slice of pie in town." : cartoon for The New Yorker [drawing].