"Casting The Shadow Before" Cartoon
Artifact IDMO 65.69.1
Object Type
Editorial Cartoon
Date
January 26, 1910
Artist
"Norman" William Norman Ritchie
(Cartoonist for The Boston Post, American, 1866 - 1947)
Medium
Pen and black ink over graphite on paper
DimensionsOverall H 13 1/2 in x W 17 in (34.3 cm x 43.2 cm )
Physical DescriptionCaption: "Casting The Shadow Before". The shadow of a man (Honey Fitz) testing the edge of an axe, falls on a window of a building, "City Hall". On a chopping block are papers, "Secretary's Salary", "Clerk Salary", "Sec. Salary". Standing before the window are three anxious men, "Office Seeker", "Pol"(who states "This Is So Sudden"), and a figure resembling George Hibbard, with a paper in his pocket, "1808 Votes For Economy", who laments "He Refuses To Be Warned By My Fate!".
Additional DetailsCustodial History NoteItem was received through Senator Edward M. Kennedy's office. It was held by the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library Archives until it was transferred to the Museum Collection in 2024.
Credit LineJohn F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston, MA; Gift of the Estate of President John F. Kennedy
National Archives Catalog CollectionJohn F. Kennedy Library Museum Collection (National Archives Identifier 1676934)
National Archives Catalog SeriesKennedy Family Collection (National Archives Identifier 1677120)
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