"It's a thousand years old, as some of you may recall." : cartoon for The New Yorker [drawing].

Record ID: 
266444
Accession number: 
MA 12599
Author: 
Shermund, Barbara, 1899-1978.
Published: 
1933.
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, Sept. 30, 1933.
Caption does not appear on drawing.

Summary: 

Tour guide, in front of a ruin of a Greek or Roman temple, speaks to a group of elderly tourists and sightseers.

Medium: 
Pen, brush and black ink with graphite and correction fluid, on paper.
Dimensions: 
484 x 377 mm
Provenance: 
Melvin R. Seiden; Janine Luke.
Classification: