Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART
Preferred Title:
Making a Pleasure of Duty [Illustration for Puck]
Image View:
Overall view of the illustration board, without frame
Creator:
Sydney B. Griffin (American illustrator, 1854-1923)
Location:
exhibition: Henry Morrison Flagler Museum (Palm Beach, Florida, United States)
Location Note:
1 Whitehall Way; Collection of Jean and Frederic Sharf
GPS:
26.713927-80.043552
Date:
1891 (creation)
Cultural Context:
American
Style Period:
Nineteenth century
Work Type 1:
drawing (visual work)
Classification:
Drawings and Watercolors
Material:
graphite and ink on paper
Technique:
drawing (image-making)
Subjects:
caricatures or satire; cityscape; genre; Gilded Age; humor
Description:
From the exhibition, With a Wink and a Nod: Cartoonists of the Gilded Age (October 13, 2015 - January 3, 2016). Private collection, published in Puck, June 3, 1891. This cartoon was one of many in Puck on the subject of child care and rearing. Here boys figure out how to turn babysitting into play. It is likely the implication is the baby was left in his siblings' care while the mother is at work. It is unknown if Griffin's cartoon was pure humor or social commentary. (Source: Flagler Museum [website]; https://www.flaglerm useum.us/)
Collection:
Archivision Adjunct Module C: World Art
Identifier:
7A1-GRIFFON-FM-MPD-A 01
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Making a Pleasure of Duty [Illustration for Puck]