"Dreams of glory: The one white man the Indians trust" : cartoon for The New Yorker [drawing].

Record ID: 
265733
Accession number: 
MA 11484
Author: 
Steig, William, 1907-2003.
Published: 
1951
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, October 27, 1951.

Inscriptions/Markings: 

Copyright The New Yorker Magazine, Inc. stamp--on verso; "AC 6129"--in colored pencil/wax on verso; "Leave Bearers"--stamped twice on verso.

Summary: 

Little boy solemnly offers peace pipe to group of Indians with war paint on. Group of cowboys that the boy is spokesman for, stands in the background waiting to get past the Indians.

Medium: 
Pen, brush, black ink and wash with correction fluid and inscriptions in various media, on paper.
Dimensions: 
235 x 302 mm
Provenance: 
Melvin R. Seiden; Janine Luke.
Classification: