Study for The Fat Boy
Datec. 1869
Artist
Thomas Nast
(American cartoonist, illustrator, 1840–1902)
Illustration CitationStudy for cover of The Fat Boy from Dickens' "Pickwick," illustrations in color and black and white by Thomas Nast. (New York: McLaughlin Bros., not dated). 1869 or 1870
MediumInk and watercolor on paper
Dimensions10 1/2 x 9 in. (26.7 x 22.9 cm)
mat: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
mat: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 1978
Object number1978-39
On View
Not on viewClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextThis is a study for the cover of The Fat Boy, misspelling the name of Charles Dickens. The rhyming story centers on one of the characters in Dickens' novel The Pickwick Papers.
Thomas Starling Sullivant
not dated
