"In all conscience, I must declare a mistrial. The Court appears to have fallen in love with the party of the first part." : cartoon for The New Yorker [drawing].

Record ID: 
266673
Accession number: 
MA 11754
Author: 
Handelsman, J. B.
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, Oct. 18, 1976.

Inscriptions/Markings: 

"PnGA 905"--in pencil on bottom left verso; "2945"--in ink on top left verso; "plaintiff + lawyer"--in pencil on center left recto.

Summary: 

A judge speaks from his bench; in published cartoon, the female defendant and lawyer are depicted.

Medium: 
Pen and black ink, porous pointed pen, blue colored pencil and correction fluid with graphite inscription and typed caption in red ink, on paper.
Dimensions: 
278 x 217 mm
Provenance: 
Melvin R. Seiden; Janine Luke.
Classification: