The Editor and the Giraffe

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Object Details

Illustrator
Frederick Stuart Church, American, 1842–1924
Collector
Dr. Dudley Tenney, New York City
Author
George Thomas Lanigan, Canadian, 1846 - 1886
Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Short story of an editor being frightened by a giraffe. Upper left, back of figure surprised with hair standing up, scissors in right hand. Upper right, giraffe head coming through a window, paper’s in mouth. Lower left, figure diving head-first into a pitcher of ale.
Credit Line
Bequest of Erskine Hewitt
1878
Accession Number
1938-57-1070-184
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Type
albums (bound) & books
Object Name
Ephemera
Type
Ephemera
Medium
Printed in black ink on paper
Dimensions
30.2 × 23.5 cm (11 7/8 × 9 1/4 in.)
made in
USA
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Record ID
chndm_1938-57-1070-184
Usage of Metadata (Object Detail Text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq464dfe510-9a76-4194-b35c-955dbe7f03c5
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