Getting an Idea of It
Date1893
Artist
Peter Sheaf Hersey Newell
(American artist and illustrator, 1862–1924)
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
On View
Not on viewClassificationsDRAWING
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.
