A caravan of California millionaires, fleeing eastward from the state income tax, encamps for the night in hostile Wisconsin territory : cartoon for The New Yorker [drawing].

Record ID: 
278336
Accession number: 
MA 12964
Author: 
Rose, Carl, 1902?-1971.
Published: 
1936.
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, Mar. 7, 1936.

Inscriptions/Markings: 

"To Governor LaFollette, Take good care of these campers, Phil! Carl Rose"--in ink on top left recto.

Summary: 

An encampment of rich women in furs huddle together around a fire, play cards and get their hair done, while their husbands look at a map of the United States plotting next next move, chefs cook food, butlers attend to a table, and chauffeurs repair and p

Medium: 
Pen brush and black ink with blue pastel and correction fluid, on paper.
Dimensions: 
510 x 720 mm
Provenance: 
Melvin R. Seiden; Janine Luke.
Classification: