Tailpiece for A Song for Summer
Date1901
Artist
Reginald Bathurst Birch
(American artist and illustrator, 1856–1943, born in England)
Illustration Citation"A Song for Summer," by Eric Parker, in St. Nicholas, August 1901
MediumInk on paper
Dimensionssheet: 20 7/8 × 26 5/8 in. (53 × 67.6 cm)
Credit LineF. V. du Pont Acquisition Fund, 1986
Object number1986-72
On View
Not on viewClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextBirch's illustration accompanied a poem, which celebrates June, the month when farmers cut their hay. The dancers, the fiddler, and the two children perched on the hay wagon are Birch's own additions to the poetic description.
