He had insisted on dusting their shoes
Date1904
Illustration Citation"Ben Zoni's Matinee," by Joseph Blethen, in McClure's Magazine, May 1904
MediumCharcoal and pastel on illustration board
Dimensionssheet (board): 23 9/16 × 14 9/16 in. (59.8 × 37 cm)
frame: 29 1/2 × 17 1/4 in. (74.9 × 43.8 cm)
mat: 28 × 17 in. (71.1 × 43.2 cm)
frame: 29 1/2 × 17 1/4 in. (74.9 × 43.8 cm)
mat: 28 × 17 in. (71.1 × 43.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Stafford Good, 1939
Object number1939-1
On View
Not on viewAfter art training at the Pennsylvania Academy of FineArt and in Paris, Anna Whelan Betts studied with Howard Pyle and enjoyed a successful career as an illustrator until the mid-1920s, when failing vision caused her to retire.


