The Adventures of Arabella Cinch in the National League
Date1914
Artist
Clare A. Briggs
(American cartoonist, 1875–1930)
Illustration CitationSyndicated June 14-16, 1914. Appeared in Quad-City Times (Davenport, IA), September 16, 1914. Also New York Tribune, 1914.
MediumInk on illustration board
Dimensionscomposition: 11 11/16 × 13 in. (29.7 × 33 cm)
sheet: 13 1/4 × 13 3/8 in. (33.7 × 34 cm)
sheet: 13 1/4 × 13 3/8 in. (33.7 × 34 cm)
Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 1987
Object number1987-47
On View
Not on viewClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextThis is one of Clare Briggs' series of single-panel newspaper cartoons featuring the young and attractive Arabella Cinch, who is off-stage in the scene. She always appears in the company of baseball players, who chat with her or try to win her affection. In this panel, a New York Giant expresses his annoyance that Arabella is not paying him enough attention. His colleagues from other teams express frustration with his display.Clare Briggs worked as a cartoonist in St. Louis before moving to New York around 1900. There his cartoons appeared in William Randolph Hearst's New York Journal. Hearst then assigned him to Chicago newspapers, where his comic strip "A. Piker Clerk" won him recognition in 1904. Back in New York by 1917, he spent the rest of his career on the New York Tribune. His best known strips were 'When a Feller Needs a Friend', 'Movie of a Man', 'Someone's Always Taking the Joy Out of Life', 'There's at Least One in Every Office', 'Real Folks at Home', 'Mr. and Mrs.' (which was adapted as a radio series from 1929-1930) and 'Danny Dreamer'. Briggs also produced four short comedy films for Paramount Pictures.
