"Lawsy me!" : cartoon for The New Yorker [drawing].

Record ID: 
283542
Accession number: 
MA 12326
Author: 
Day, Chon, 1907-
Published: 
1942.
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, May 30, 1942.

Summary: 

Elderly mother knitting in rocking chair exclaims as her burglar son dumps out his sack of jewelry loot.

Medium: 
Pen and black ink with brush and blue ink with black chalk pencil and graphite inscription, on paper.
Dimensions: 
305 x 250 mm
Provenance: 
Melvin R. Seiden; Janine Luke.
Classification: