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Publisher:
Office of 'Puck' 23 Warren St. New York and Mayer, Merkel & Ottmann, Lith, 23-25 Warren St. N.Y.
Subject (Topic):
Coney Island (New York, N.Y.)., Accidents, Seaside resorts, Resorts, Tourists, Bill paying, Waiters, Sharks, and Bathing suits
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist
Published / Created:
[approximately 1800]
Call Number:
Drawings W87 no. 39 Box D210
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A gathering of countrymen, lawyers, and sailors stare with shock and consternation at the carcass of a shark laying on a table before them. A countryman begins the dialogue with an exclamation, "Dang it if I ever saw such a thing in my life, why it would swallow a man alive!" while an attorney continues with a question, "Neighbor Stump says very true, I never saw anything like it in the whole course of my practice as a country attorney. Pray my friend what do you call it?" A sailor smugly jests, "Why it is a shark d'ye see according to the lubbers lingo on shore, but we gemmen in his Majesty's service call him a sea lawyer!!!
Description:
Title inscribed in black ink in the artist's hand below image., Artist's signature in black ink below image., and Date supplied by cataloger.
