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Kewpie Cartoon with Katy, Squawky, Uncle Hob, and Frisky Frog. Original drawing.



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Title

Kewpie Cartoon with Katy, Squawky, Uncle Hob, and Frisky Frog. Original drawing.

Creator

Rose Cecil O'Neill

Creator Biography

American, b. June 25, 1874 in Wilkes Barre, PA. d. April 6, 1944 in Springfield, MO

Description

Kewpie six panel cartoon with Uncle Hob reading "How to Cheer up Uncles" to Katy while her friends Squawky and Frisky and other kewpies plot to rescue her from the boredom of it.

Inscription

Kewpie Cartoons: Right side: "Cream floor pale blue walls, yellow bed patch work quilt. Chain white. Vermillion book. White rocking chair. Very blue sky - house tops - house tops white Tate yellow toad stool = pale pink in under. Vermillion roof white house wall pale blue in window cream side walk. Frog, green - white face and tummy. Kewpie dog white - pinkish tummy. Brown spot on head"; Left Side: Stamped in light brown ink "Jan 12 1935". In pencil "Coloured seat on white rocking chair

Date Created

1935

Century

20th

Item Dimensions

39.5 cm h. x 57 cm w.

Medium

Drawing

Materials

India ink on paper,

Techniques

Ink on paper watermarked w/ Whatman 1933 England B

Provenance

Gift of the Rose O'Neill Foundation, August 21, 2018

Acession Number

2018.020

Accession Year

2018

Photo Number

20180024

Creator Last name

O'Neill

Creator First Name

Rose Cecil