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English: "The professional humorists' club". 1914 cartoon by Rea Irvin. In a club sitting room various types of men mope about in sad, angry, and depressed moods. One suicidal man holds a gun to his head, another kicks an astonished waiter and points to a chick popping out of his egg, and a third cries while reading Life magazine. A painting on the rear wall, of a man dressed in a toga and holding a mask before his face, is identified as "Aristophanies." Part of the series "Clubs We Do Not Care to Join."
Date Publication date in "Life" magazine 1914-10-22
Source Cartoon by Rea Irvin for "Life" magazine, black ink over pencil, with gray wash, and opaque white on illustration board ; 39.0 x 32.5 cm. (sheet). Via reproduction online at Library of Congress website at [1]; converted from TIFF to .jpg, straigtened, and border cropped before upload to Commons.
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