Headpiece for April Fool Land
Date1909
Artist
Reginald Bathurst Birch
(American artist and illustrator, 1856–1943, born in England)
Illustration Citation"April Fool Land," by George Phillips, in St. Nicholas, April 1909
MediumInk on illustration board
Dimensionssheet: 13 5/8 × 22 in. (34.6 × 55.9 cm)
Credit LineAcquired by exchange with Benjamin Eisenstat, 1975
Object number1975-93
On View
Not on viewClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextReginald Birch illustrated George Phillips' poem about "a joyful land" where - as on April Fool's Day in the real world - townspeople play tricks and have fun all day.
