Tuesday, April 8, 2025

William Hamilton: Advice to a Revolutionary

An original New Yorker cartoon by William Hamilton was sold on eBay in January, fifty-four years after its publication. A family is seen seated at the dinner table:

"But, darling, many very successful young revolutionaries—our own
Thomas Jefferson among them—dressed for dinner."
William Hamilton
Original art
The New Yorker, January 9, 1971, p. 31

Hamilton handles all the details of upper class life exquisitely. 

"But, darling, many very successful young revolutionaries—our own
Thomas Jefferson among them—dressed for dinner."
William Hamilton
Original art
The New Yorker, January 9, 1971, p. 31

Verso

Verso detail

"But, darling, many very successful young revolutionaries—our own
Thomas Jefferson among them—dressed for dinner."
William Hamilton
The New Yorker, January 9, 1971, p. 31

"But, darling, many very successful young revolutionaries—our own
Thomas Jefferson among them—dressed for dinner."
William Hamilton
The New Yorker, January 9, 1971, p. 31

William Hamilton
eBay listing ended January 31, 2025


William Hamilton
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"But, darling, many very successful
young revolutionaries—our own
Thomas Jefferson among them—
dressed for dinner."
William Hamilton
The New Yorker, January 9, 1971, p. 31


"But, darling, many very successful
young revolutionaries—our own
Thomas Jefferson among them—
dressed for dinner."
William Hamilton
Original art
The New Yorker, January 9, 1971, p. 31

With cartoons by Smilby and William Hamilton


Smilby, by the way, was the pen name of Francis Wilford-Smith (1927-2009). Tax day falls on April 15, but cartoons about contentious audits are good year round.
Smilby
The New Yorker, January 9, 1971, p. 30







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