Getting an Idea of It

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Getting an Idea of It
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Getting an Idea of It

Date1893
Illustration CitationWorld's Fair Puck, October 23, 1893
MediumInk on illustration board
Dimensionssheet: 11 1/8 × 13 3/4 in. (28.3 × 34.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 1987
Object number1987-119
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Label TextArtist and author Peter Newell's humorous drawings and poems appeared in publications as diverse as Scribner's Magazine and The Saturday Evening Post. He produced popular children's books, as well as illustrations for Mark Twain and Lewis Carroll, among other authors.
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