"Somehow it isn't at all as I imagined it." : cartoon for The New Yorker [drawing].

Record ID: 
267149
Accession number: 
MA 12694
Author: 
Taylor, Richard.
Published: 
1939.
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. 25, 1939.

Summary: 

Two shipwrecked men converse under a palm tree, as large native Pacific Islander women do typical tasks, like gathering food and carrying a basket.

Medium: 
Pen, brush and black ink with correction fluid on illustration board.
Dimensions: 
360 x 463 mm
Provenance: 
Melvin R. Seiden; Janine Luke.
Classification: