Neither could, by any possibility, be the long, loose-jointed, irresponsible form of our war correspondent
Date1907
Artist
Clifford Warren Ashley
(American painter, 1881–1947)
Illustration Citation"Telefunken," by Edwin Balmer, in The Saturday Evening Post, December 21, 1907.
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions11 3/8 × 15 1/2 in. (28.9 × 39.4 cm)
frame: 15 1/2 × 19 1/2 in. (39.4 × 49.5 cm)
frame: 15 1/2 × 19 1/2 in. (39.4 × 49.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Phillip J. Kimball and Mrs. C. Lalor Burdick, 1964
Object number1964-21
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPAINTING
Label TextIn this story, a group of private citizens in a yacht try to prevent the outbreak of a war by kidnapping the chief radioman of the opposition who knows all the enemy's secret codes. The correspondent referred to in the caption had stayed on shore, giving up his place for the radioman. Here, the group brings the captive to the yacht carrying the determined civilians. The Telefunken of the title was a German wireless telegraphy company.
