The trials and tribulations of the transferred "coburger."

The trials and tribulations of the transferred "coburger."

Item Information

Title:
The trials and tribulations of the transferred "coburger."
Description:
Illustration shows a dejected soldier sitting at a train station beneath a sign that states "Trains Leave Every Hour for Fort Tombstone Fort Lonesome Fort Scalp'em and all Western Army Outposts" and near another sign that states "Special Accommodations for Transferred Army Officers", with an infant on his lap and his traveling orders labeled "Ordered to go West Secy. Endicott" between his knees; his extended family of wife, mother-in-law(?), children's nanny, and several rambunctious children accompany him. In the lower right foreground is a valise labeled "Major Quiverfull".
Artist:
Opper, Frederick Burr, 1857-1937
Name on Item:
F. Opper
Date:
August 26, 1885
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Political cartoons
Lithographs
Magazine covers
Periodical illustrations
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Haynes to T. R. Roosevelt, 1877-1908. Cartoon & caricatures from Puck by: Gillam, Opper, Zimmerman & Graeter, 1880s (shelf locator)
Collection (local):
Americana Collection
Subjects:
Military officers
Family members
Railroad stations
Extent:
1 print : lithograph, color ; 13 1/2 x 10 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/9880w873b
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Publisher:
New York : Published by Keppler & Schwartzmann, office no. 21-23 Warren St.
Language:
English
Notes:
Title from item.
Summary from: Library of Congress Print & Photographs Collection.
Item from Puck magazine.
Caption on item: The effect of government reform on a military man of quiet domestic ambitions.
Accession #:
11_03_000072