Political Cartoon
Date1940
Artist
John Sloan
(American painter, etcher, and illustrator, 1871–1951)
MediumInk on paper
Dimensionssheet: 9 7/16 × 5 15/16 in. (24 × 15.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 1986
Object number1986-133.520
On View
Not on viewClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextThis cartoon appears to depict New York Mayor Fiorello La Guardia up to his neck in water. A fox is taunting him from the shore. The "7,000,000 votes" inscribed in the water likely refers to the approximate population of New York City in 1940.
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