Keeping Tabs on the Girls. One of the six daughters (Something after midnight). "Oh, it's a horrid idea of Papa's! Every morning he looks at the time slip to see when we got home the night before!"

Keeping Tabs on the Girls. One of the six daughters (Something after midnight). "Oh, it's a horrid idea of Papa's! Every morning he looks at the time slip to see when we got home the night before!"
Keeping Tabs on the Girls. One of the six daughters (Something after midnight). "Oh, it's a horrid idea of Papa's! Every morning he looks at the time slip to see when we got home the night before!"

Keeping Tabs on the Girls. One of the six daughters (Something after midnight). "Oh, it's a horrid idea of Papa's! Every morning he looks at the time slip to see when we got home the night before!"

Date1907
Artist (American illustrator, 1875–1962)
Illustration CitationPuck, March 6, 1907
MediumInk, wash, and gouache on illustration board
Dimensionssheet: 22 7/16 × 17 15/16 in. (57 × 45.6 cm)
Credit LineF. V. du Pont Acquisition Fund, 1986
Object number1986-82
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextA woman adjusts a clock devised by her father to "keep tabs" on his six daughters. While her escort looks on, Betty expresses her frustration with the parental control.
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