"There was a young man from Calcutta..." : cartoon for Fortune magazine [drawing].

Record ID: 
267084
Accession number: 
MA 11790
Author: 
Cobean, Samuel E., 1913-1951.
Published: 
1950s.
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 Fortune as part of a larger article entitled "Memo: To All Personnel Subject: Xmas Party."

Inscriptions/Markings: 

"2H P22 Focus 75"--in red colored pencil on center left verso; "E-38"--in pencil on bottom right verso.

Summary: 

Man in glasses begins to tell limerick to other people gathered around him at office party.

Medium: 
Pen and black ink with brush and colored inks, on paper.
Dimensions: 
180 x 295 mm
Provenance: 
Melvin R. Seiden; Janine Luke.
Classification: