Life's Darkest Moment
Date1935
Artist
Harold Tucker Webster
(American cartoonist and illustrator, 1885–1952)
Illustration CitationInscription indicates that this cartoon was produced for the New York Tribune. It was nationally syndicated, May 7, 1935.
MediumInk on illustration board
Dimensionscomposition: 15 1/8 × 11 1/4 in. (38.4 × 28.6 cm)
sheet: 18 1/2 × 14 3/8 in. (47 × 36.5 cm)
sheet: 18 1/2 × 14 3/8 in. (47 × 36.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 1987
Object number1987-96
On View
Not on viewClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextH.T. Webster was an American syndicated cartoonist from the 1920s to the 1950s, specializing in single panel cartoons. Famous for his creation of the character Caspar Milquetoast, whom he defined as "the man who speaks softly and gets hit with a big stick." Here he ridicules a clueless man giving instructions to his gardener.
