Bobby Shaftoe's Come from the Sea
Datec.1896
Artist
Laura Coombs Hills
(American artist, 1859–1952)
Illustration CitationPrang of Boston Christmas Card, 1896
MediumWatercolor and gold paint on paper
Dimensionscomposition: 7 1/2 × 5 3/4 in. (19.1 × 14.6 cm)
sheet: 9 × 6 1/4 in. (22.9 × 15.9 cm)
sheet: 9 × 6 1/4 in. (22.9 × 15.9 cm)
Credit LineAcquisition Fund, 2018
Object number2018-4
On View
Not on viewClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextCoombs Hills probably designed this watercolor, which illustrates a figure from the Mother Goose nursery rhymes, as a Christmas card, as it features the character’s usual verse changed to a Christmas-themed poem. Bobby Shaftoe traditionally returns from the sea to marry. In this illustration, he comes home for Christmas celebrations.
