Object Details
graphic artist
Hanan, Harry
publisher
News Syndicate Co., Inc.
Description (Brief)
This pen-and-ink drawing produced for the Louie comic strip shows the title character frustrated with cooking. He misses his wife until she comes home and starts to scold him for leaving a messy kitchen, after which he starts to wish she was back on vacation.
Harry Hanan (1916-1982) was a British comic artist who started his illustrating career at the Liverpool Evening Express. After World War II he became a cartoonist for London's The People, in which his strip Louie was first published in 1947. The strip, without a script, was syndicated internationally.
Louie (1947-1976) was a domestic comedy strip about a short, ordinary, middle-aged man and his wife. The character Louie was often seen being frustrated while grinning and bearing everything silently, without a script, throughout the run.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Newspaper Comics Council, Inc., New York, NY
date made
1965-07-25
ID Number
GA.22598
catalog number
22598
accession number
277502
Object Name
drawing
Object Type
Drawings
Other Terms
drawing; Pen and Ink
Physical Description
paper (overall material)
ink (overall material)
Measurements
overall: 40.7 cm x 57.1 cm; 16 in x 22 1/2 in
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Data Source
National Museum of American History
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_799554