The Three Little Pigs
Datenot dated
Artist
Helen R. Durney
(American illustrator, 1904–1970)
Illustration CitationIllustration for The Three Little Pigs. Date and place of publication not identified
MediumGraphite, marker, and watercolor on illustration board
Dimensionscomposition: 13 × 20 1/8 in. (33 × 51.1 cm)
sheet: 14 1/8 × 22 in. (35.9 × 55.9 cm)
sheet: 14 1/8 × 22 in. (35.9 × 55.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 1983
Object number1983-146.1
On View
Not on viewClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextThe three Little Pigs is a nursery rhyme that became popular in England and the United States in the 1880s. There are several variants but all include a clever fox determined to devour three pigs. Here he is finally outwitted by the last of three, who escapes that fate by hiding in a butter churn when he sees his enemy approaching. The drawings along the margins show other characters from the tale. Helen Durney also created the illustrations for Harold and Helen Pearl's book "Dumbo the Flying Elephant," which was sold to the Walt Disney Corporation.
May Wilson Watkins Preston
1928
