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A Ride on an Ocean Steed

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Short story from “Archibald the Cat,” about a sailor and a young passenger stranded at sea. Center, two figures. Bottom figure, man with beard, carrying younger figure on back. Larger figure is ridding large fish with object in mouth, in the ocean.
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Illustrator
Frederick Stuart Church, American, 1842–1924
Collector
Dr. Dudley Tenney, New York City
Date
1878
Credit Line
Bequest of Erskine Hewitt
Medium
Printed in black ink on paper
Dimensions
30.2 × 23.5 cm (11 7/8 × 9 1/4 in.)
Type
albums (bound) & books
Object Name
Ephemera
Type
Ephemera
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