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Sketch for the first cover of The New Yorker : cover illustration for The New Yorker [drawing].

BIB_ID
266257
Accession number
MA 12469
Creator
Irvin, Rea, 1881-1972.
Published
1925.
Credit line
The Melvin R. Seiden Collection. Gift of Janine Luke in honor of William M. Griswold and in memory of Melvin R. Seiden, 2011.
Description
1 drawing.
Notes
Original drawing for an illustration published on the cover of The New Yorker, Feb. 21, 1925.
401 x 286 mm
Provenance
Melvin R. Seiden; Janine Luke.
Summary
Image of the fictional dandy Eustace Tilley in his top hat, as he observes a butterfly through his monocle.
Medium
Brush and black ink with inscriptions in graphite and colored pencil on paper.
Classification