Waiting for Visitors
Date1881
Artist
Jessie McDermott Walcott
(American illustrator, 1857–1907)
Illustration Citation"Fun at Grandmamma's", no author, St. Nicholas, December 1881
MediumInk and graphite on illustration board
Dimensionssheet: 10 9/16 × 12 7/8 in. (26.8 × 32.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Margaret Eaton, 1988
Object number1988-110
On View
Not on viewClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextThe rhymed text for this illustration, written in the voice of a little girl, tells how she and her siblings dressed up to surprise their family: On Christmas Day at Grandmama's, we all dressed up, for fun; and sat in a line and called them in look when we were done. We never laughed a single time, but sat in a solemn row.
