Sketch for “The Chimpanzee and the Boa Constrictor” in “Fables, Out of This World”

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Left, tree with large snake wrapped around the trunk of the tree, head at the bottom of the trunk, profile facing right. Center left, tail of snake wrapped around creature, creature’s back is seen; left, tail of snake wrapped around creature, creature seen from the front.
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Illustrator
Frederick Stuart Church, American, 1842–1924
Collector
Dr. Dudley Tenney, New York City
Date
ca. 1877
Credit Line
Bequest of Erskine Hewitt
Medium
Graphite on paper
Type
animals
Object Name
Ephemera
Type
Ephemera
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