"I'm afraid there's been some mistake." : cartoon for The New Yorker [drawing].

Record ID: 
266571
Accession number: 
MA 12285
Author: 
Richter, Mischa, 1910-2001.
Published: 
1979.
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, Feb. 12, 1979.

Inscriptions/Markings: 

Editorial note on when the Supreme Court is usually in session--in pencil on top right verso.

Summary: 

Supreme Court justice at the far end of the bench to a tenth judge, who has just arrived and is looking for a seat.

Medium: 
Porous pointed pen and pen, brush and black ink, on paper.
Dimensions: 
265 x 356 mm
Provenance: 
Melvin R. Seiden; Janine Luke.
Classification: