Business Being Dull with Brown and Jones
Date1879
Artist
James Albert Wales
(American political cartoonist, 1852–1886)
Illustration CitationPanel of "The Charity Business," in Puck, November 19, 1879
MediumInk on railroad board
Dimensionscomposition: 4 1/4 × 3 9/16 in. (10.8 × 9 cm)
sheet: 6 5/16 × 4 13/16 in. (16 × 12.2 cm)
sheet: 6 5/16 × 4 13/16 in. (16 × 12.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 1978
Object number1978-129
On View
Not on viewClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextThis is the first panel of a six-panel cartoon that shows Brown and Jones, finding business slow, starting a charitable society--with contributions going to pay generous salaries to Brown and Jones and their friends.
