"Five thousand hours and his vital signs are still strong." : cartoon for The New Yorker [drawing].

Record ID: 
265865
Accession number: 
MA 11513
Author: 
Twohy, Mike.
Published: 
1994.
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, Aug. 22, 1994.

Inscriptions/Markings: 

"December 9, 1994" - in ink on verso with artist's signature; copyright 1994 The New Yorker Magazine, Inc. sticker on verso: AJ 4250. Editorial inquiry written in pencil on verso: "Show end of tail?": drawing was not altered further for publication.

Summary: 

Two scientists studying a rat who is caged but sitting in a miniature armchair and watching a miniature TV.

Medium: 
Pen and black ink, porous pointed pen, graphite and correction fluid, on paper.
Dimensions: 
216 x 280 mm
Provenance: 
Melvin R. Seiden; Janine Luke.
Classification: