Object Details
- Description
- John T. McCutcheon (1870-1949) was a Pulitzer-Prize winning cartoonist, known for his political cartoons and fascination with technology, particularly aviation. In this drawing, a man tricks a boy into drugging a fearless pilot who is about to fly his plane in front of a grandstand of admirers. On reverse, a sheet of 8 1/2 x 11 paper with three chapters typewritten from "Extract from the Novel of the Future," describing what is going on in the comic. Dated "Oct 4-1910" with "Mr. Hammer, 314 Tribune Bldg." written in pencil on the back.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- original artist
- McCutcheon, John T.
- publisher
- Tribune Printing Company
- date made
- 10/04/1910
- Credit Line
- Mrs. John T. McCutcheon
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- ink (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 38.5 cm x 35.6 cm; 15 3/16 in x 14 in
- Object Name
- Drawing
- Object Type
- Drawings
- Other Terms
- Drawing; Pen and Ink
