Bob Carey, as the lion in "March," selling matches
Date1910
Artist
Reginald Bathurst Birch
(American artist and illustrator, 1856–1943, born in England)
Illustration Citation"The Palace of Time," by Carolyn Wells, in St. Nicholas, March 1910
MediumInk on paper
Dimensionssheet: 24 1/8 × 18 in. (61.3 × 45.7 cm)
Credit LineJohn Sloan Memorial Foundation, 1982
Object number1982-11
On View
Not on viewClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextLondon-born Reginald Birch had studied in San Francisco and in Europe when he settled in New York City in 1873. He became closely associated with the children's magazine St. Nicholas. In this story, a young woman and her friends set up a bazaar with characters representing the months of the year.
