How Shall I Be a Poet?
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Arthur Burdett Frost I
(American, 1851-1928)
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ClassificationsDRAWINGS
Date1883
Mediumink on paper
Dimensions5 3/4 x 4 5/8 in. (14.6 x 11.7 cm.)
DescriptionThis is an illustration from 'Poeta Fit, Non Nascitur.' by Lewis Carroll from 'Rhyme? and Reason?', published in 1883.
SignedSigned in lower right of recto in image in ink: A.B.F.
InscribedSigned in lower right of recto in ink: A.B.F.
Inscribed in lower center of recto in graphite: Poeta Fit. / How Shall I be a Poet. / How Shall I Write in Rhyme.
Inscribed on verso: 4 3/8 x 5 5/8 Head piece. To be reduced.
Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. Purchased with funds from the Virginia Steele Scott Foundation
Label TextThis is an illustration from 'Poeta Fit, Non Nascitur.' by Lewis Carroll from 'Rhyme? and Reason?', published in 1883.Status
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Arthur Burdett Frost I
1883
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Arthur Burdett Frost I
1883
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