Masquerade Party in Garden
Date1917
Artist
Arthur E. Becher
(American artist and illustrator, 1877–1960)
Illustration Citation"Long Live the King," by Mary Roberts Rinehart, in Everybody's Magazine, 1917. Not published.
MediumCrayon, watercolor, and gouache on illustration board
Dimensionscomposition: 15 5/8 × 19 1/2 in. (39.7 × 49.5 cm)
sheet: 17 3/8 × 21 5/16 in. (44.1 × 54.1 cm)
sheet: 17 3/8 × 21 5/16 in. (44.1 × 54.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of the estate of Frieda Becher, 1971
Object number1971-45
On View
Not on viewClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextThis scene of the disguised Prince enjoying a day of revelry in the park with his American friend did not appear among the fifty-one illustrations in the magazine story or in the book. It is not known how many Becher submitted for the editor's selection.
