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Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum.
Fine, Except Every Once in a While I Get a Pain in My Incision
Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum.

Fine, Except Every Once in a While I Get a Pain in My Incision

Artifact ID1966.64.129
Artist (United States, born 1919)
Publisher (founded 1837)
Medium Ink and grease pencil on drawing paper
DimensionsOverall H 17 1/2 in x W 12 3/4 in (44.5 cm x 32.4 cm )

Physical Description
Physical DescriptionOriginal cartoon drawing. LBJ, in a rocking chair on a front porch with a man, casts aside several newspapers ("Fulbright criticizes LBJ's 'Consensus' ", "Fulbright cricizes Vietnam Policy"). Caption reads: "Fine, Except Every Once in a While I Get a Pain in My Incision". Artist signature lower left: "Flannery".
Inscriptions and MarkingsHandwritten at center right: "48.5". Handwritten across bottom: "Velox [left arrow] 5 9/16 [right arrow] Hold Glass [left arrow] 5 9/16 [right arrow]".
Historical NoteJ. William Fulbright was a Democratic senator from Arkansas. He was the head of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and supported detente policies. He became one of the loudest critics of the Johnson administration’s Vietnam policy. On October 8, 1965, President Johnson underwent gallbladder surgery at Bethesda Naval Hospital.
Additional Details
Custodial History NoteThe item was a gift from the general public to President Johnson during his term in office. It was received by President Johnson personally, until the President donated it to the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum in 1970.
Credit LineGift of Lyndon Baines Johnson
Use Restriction StatusRestricted - Fully
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Person Referenced Lyndon Baines Johnson (United States, 1908 - 1973)
Person Referenced J. William Fulbright (United States, 1905 - 1995)
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