There Sat an Old Woman at a Wheel, Spinning

There Sat an Old Woman at a Wheel, Spinning
There Sat an Old Woman at a Wheel, Spinning

There Sat an Old Woman at a Wheel, Spinning

Date1892
Artist (American illustrator, 1853–1911)
Illustration Citation"So It Is with Them All," in Harper's Young People, November 1, 1892
MediumInk on Bristol board
Dimensionssheet: 13 × 9 in. (33 × 22.9 cm)
Credit LineGayle and Alene Hoskins Endowment Fund, 1985
Object number1985-104
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextThis story takes place in the Middle East and involves various innocent and sinister characters and their magical adventures. The late 19th century in the United States and Europe saw a proliferation of folktales inspired by stereotypes of the "exotic" Middle East.
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