Existing comment:
(31) A Happy New Year 1867--A Happy New Year 1917, November 17, 1916.
Published in Life, January 4, 1917.
Ink over graphite underdrawing.
Art Wood Collection of Cartoon and Caricature
Prints and Photographs Division
LC-DIG-ppmsca-04666 (31)
In this cartoon for Life magazine, Rea Irvin (1881-1972) humorously imagines the difference between New Year's Eve celebrations in the years 1867 and 1917. For 1867, the proper Victorian family sips from their cups of tea in a parlor; while in 1917, a riotous party occurs with champagne corks popping, music, dancing, and general misbehavior. New Year's Eve celebrations did not begin until the early 1900s, with New York City's signature ball-dropping being introduced in 1907. Irvin contributed to such magazines as Life and Cosmopolitan and was the first art editor for the New Yorker. |