But when Oswald said, "What about pudding-strings?..."

But when Oswald said, "What about pudding-strings?..."
But when Oswald said, "What about pudding-strings?..."

But when Oswald said, "What about pudding-strings?..."

Date1905
Artist (American illustrator, 1873–1949)
Illustration Citation"The Lady and the License," by E. Nesbit, in The Saturday Evening Post, February 18, 1905
MediumCharcoal and graphite on illustration board
Dimensionssheet: 10 13/16 × 10 in. (27.5 × 25.4 cm)
Credit LineFound in collection/ Estate of Helen Farr Sloan, 2018
Object number2018-44
On View
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ClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextBritish children's author E. Nesbit wrote a series of novels and magazine short stories about the fictional Bastable family. The narrator Oswald (center figure, speaking) with his two sisters and three brothers are self-reliant and adventurous as they adjust to life with their widowed father. Here they attempt to sell pudding strings, which were used to hold steamed puddings in place during cooking.


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