Bobby Shaftoe's Come from the Sea

Bobby Shaftoe's Come from the Sea
Bobby Shaftoe's Come from the Sea

Bobby Shaftoe's Come from the Sea

Datec.1896
Artist (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)
Credit LineAcquisition Fund, 2018
Object number2018-4
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsDRAWING
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.
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