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Drawing, Tammany Tiger: "Teddy's going to hunt mountain lions so that gives me a vacation"

This is a Drawing. It was cartoonist: John Tinney McCutcheon. It is dated 1900 and we acquired it in 1959. Its medium is pen and black ink, graphite on illustration board. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Mrs. John T. McCutcheon.

Its dimensions are

43.5 × 35.6 cm (17 1/8 × 14 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, lower left corner: "Dec 8-1900 / Tammany Tiger:– / 'Teddy's going to hunt mountain lions / so that gives me a vacation"

Cite this object as

Drawing, Tammany Tiger: "Teddy's going to hunt mountain lions so that gives me a vacation"; Cartoonist: John Tinney McCutcheon (American, 1870–1949); USA; pen and black ink, graphite on illustration board; 43.5 × 35.6 cm (17 1/8 × 14 in.); 1959-26-4

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