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Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Illustrated letter with caricatured self-portrait of the artist (F.S. Church) painting a portrait of a bear. The artist has spiraled, tangeled legs and snakes coming from his shoes.
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Author
Frederick Stuart Church, American, 1842–1924
Collector
Dr. Dudley Tenney, New York City
Date
December 6, 1901
Credit Line
Bequest of Erskine Hewitt
Medium
Pen and black ink on paper
Object Name
Ephemera
Type
Ephemera
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