Poor was Mad

Maker Florence Scovel Shinn (American, 1869-1940)

Collections

American Drawings

ClassificationsDRAWINGS

Daten.d.

Mediumpen and ink with pencil underdrawing on stiff paper

Dimensions10 x 13 5/16 in. (25.4 x 33.9 cm.)

DescriptionThis sketchy drawing depicts an older man with a pipe talking to a group of young children seated opposite him. The title and possible author of the article the drawing was meant to illustrate are written across the bottom, as are the name and address of the artist.

SignedSigned in middle right of recto in image: Florence Scovel S.

InscribedSigned in middle right of recto in image: Florence Scovel S. Inscribed in lower left of recto: The Poor Was Mad / C.B. Loomis inscribed in lower right of recto: Florence Scovel Shinn / 122 East 19th Street

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. Purchased with funds from the Virginia Steele Scott Foundation

Label TextThis sketchy drawing depicts an older man with a pipe talking to a group of young children seated opposite him. The title and possible author of the article the drawing was meant to illustrate are written across the bottom, as are the name and address of the artist.

Status

Not on view

Object number91.283.19

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