"Warrington Trently, this court has found you guilty ..." : cartoon for The New Yorker [drawing].

Record ID: 
265773
Accession number: 
MA 12346
Author: 
Lorenz, Lee.
Published: 
1976.
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, July 5, 1976.
Full caption: "Warrington Trently, this court has found you guilty of price-fixing, bribing a government official, and conspiring to act in restraint of trade. I sentence you to six months in jail, suspended. You will now step forward for the ceremonial tapping of the wrist."

Summary: 

White collar crime perpetrator is read his light sentence by the presiding judge in a courtroom.

Medium: 
Brush and ink with correction fluid on paper.
Dimensions: 
305 x 455 mm
Provenance: 
Melvin R. Seiden; Janine Luke.
Classification: