He was making a rude picture of his enemy, the grocer
Date1931
Artist
Peggy Bacon
(American painter, printmaker, author, 1895–1987)
Illustration Citation"The Maddening Miss Mantel," by Peggy Bacon, in The Delineator, June 1931
MediumInk on paper
Dimensionssheet: 8 3/4 × 10 3/4 in. (22.2 × 27.3 cm)
mat: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
mat: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Dr. and Mrs. Endre Brunner, 1981
Object number1981-54
On View
Not on viewClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextThe Maddening Miss Mantel is a stern governess, one of whose charges escapes her company to attend a performance of Peter Pan, causing chaos in the household during his unexplained absence. The governess is fired and the boy - while feeling somewhat guilty - is delighted with the turn of events that "his naughty escapade" brings about.Here the boy plays with one of his friends making chalk drawings on the street.
