Lulu Poodle and Susan Poodle were aboard a schooner bound for Aruba when pirates attacked.
Date1974
Artist
Joseph L. Lasker
(American painter, 1919–2015)
Illustration CitationTales of a Seadog Family, by Joe Lasker (London: Hamish Hamilton, 1974)
MediumInk, watercolor, and gouache on paper
Dimensionscomposition: 6 3/4 × 20 7/16 in. (17.1 × 51.9 cm)
sheet: 9 15/16 × 22 1/8 in. (25.2 × 56.2 cm)
sheet: 9 15/16 × 22 1/8 in. (25.2 × 56.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 1988
Object number1988-62
On View
Not on viewClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextJoe Lasker, a 20th century artist, illustrator, and author of children's books, published and illustrated Tales of a Seadog Family in 1974. It tells of the famous family members from various generations including explorers Christopher Collie and Commodore Byrd-Dog, and the whaler Fishmeal. The Seadog women valiantly assist their ship's crew to fight off attacking pirates.
