Object Details
- Description
- Little Orphan Annie was created by Harold Gray (1894–1968), distributed by the Chicago Tribune Syndicate from 1924 until 1974. In 1979, Leonard Starr revamped the comic strip with the new title Annie, which continues to be published today by a succession artists and writers. The title was inspired by James Whitcomb Riley's popular 1885 poem, "Little Orphant Annie". This is an original drawing of Annie and her dog, Sandy, by Harold Gray.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- original artist
- Gray, Harold
- date made
- 1966
- Credit Line
- Newspaper Comics Council, Inc., New York, NY
- Physical Description
- artist board (overall material)
- ink (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 73.7 cm x 51 cm; 29 in x 20 1/16 in
- Object Name
- Drawing
- Object Type
- Drawings
- Other Terms
- Drawing; Pen and Ink
