"'Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?' 'And then some!'" : cartoon for The New Yorker [drawing].

Record ID: 
266647
Accession number: 
MA 11762
Author: 
Dedini, Eldon, 1921-2006.
Published: 
1977.
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, Nov. 14, 1977.

Inscriptions/Markings: 

"PnGA 879"--in pencil on bottom left verso; "1389"--in ink on top left verso.

Summary: 

Large older woman being sworn in as a witness in a courtroom.

Medium: 
Compressed black chalk pencil with graphite on paper.
Dimensions: 
280 x 218 mm
Provenance: 
Melvin R. Seiden; Janine Luke.
Classification: