The Lake of Wine!
Date1936
Artist
John Hix
(America cartoonist, 1908–1944)
Illustration Citation"The Lake of Wine," by John Hix, November 5, 1936, McNaught Syndicate, Inc.
MediumInk and crayon on paper
Dimensionssheet: 14 3/8 × 11 5/16 in. (36.5 × 28.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 1987
Object number1987-58
On View
Not on viewClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextJohn Hix, a staff artist at the Washington Herald, created the panel series called Strange As It Seems, synidcated in over 1300 American newspapers. It featured off-beat information and was compared to Ripley's Believe It Or Not.
