Drawing Book with 22 Original Pen-and-Ink, Mostly Comical Illustrations

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Seller: White Fox Rare Books and Antiques, ABAA/ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.White Fox Rare Books and Antiques, ABAA/ILAB

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8vo. 24 by 19 cm. Unpaginated, with 22 pages of pen-and-ink comical drawings, with the last two augmented with red watercoloring of various shades. (Two of the drawings are straight portraits, and so not humorous.) 16 of the drawings have captions. There is a mix of human subjects and anthropormophic ones, with politics being a common thread of a few of the cartoons, and the artist would seem to have had an anti-Progressive bias. At the time, this actually manifest itself with ridicule against the Republican elephant, which in one cartoon is shown carrying a black student on a tusk. Particularly well-rendered are two cartoons featuring alligators, and also a delightful, partly colored illustration entitled "In China Town". Most of the illustrations are done at a high level of proficiency. We suspect a few of the illustrations were based on published material elsewhere, while others are more original in conception. Dating is based on an inscription, "A present to Dear Grandfather". We assume that the present was of the album replete with the illustrations, and not of a blank album which the grandfather then filled. The fashion is also more of the first decade of the 20th century than the second. Scuffs and wear to the full calf binding, but with its gilt border embellishment and title lettering, this is still an uncommonly handsome binding for such an album.…

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Title
Drawing Book with 22 Original Pen-and-Ink, Mostly Comical Illustrations
Publication year
1909
Condition
Very Good
Binding
Full Calf
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Albums and Sketchbooks

White Fox Rare Books and Antiques, ABAA/ILAB

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White Fox Rare Books and Antiques

974 Cemetery Road
West Windsor, VT U.S.A. 05089