You wouldn't take pay just for picking up a pocketbook, would you?
Date1914
Artist
Arthur E. Becher
(American artist and illustrator, 1877–1960)
Illustration Citation"Look at the Real Thing," by Gardner Hunting, in The Youth's Companion, April 9, 1914
MediumGraphite and gouache on illustration board
Dimensionssheet: 17 9/16 × 21 7/8 in. (44.6 × 55.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of the estate of Frieda Becher, 1971
Object number1971-105
On View
Not on viewClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextThe title's reference to the "real thing" refers to an honest deed well done. Against the backdrop of the London business world, a young man who has found lost money has a crisis of conscience as he realizes that locating its owner is the only moral option. Such succinct plots made Hunting a successful script writer in Hollywood's early years.
