Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Victorian couple exchanging gifts through window. : cover illustration for The New Yorker [drawing].

BIB_ID
266289
Accession number
MA 12113
Creator
Steig, William, 1907-2003.
Published
1977.
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, Dec. 26, 1977.
332 x 254 mm
Provenance
Melvin R. Seiden; Janine Luke.
Summary
Man in top hat and other 19th century clothing hands a present from the window of his house to a woman wearing a bonnet, who leans out of her window; both houses are decorated with wreaths and Christmas trees.
Medium
Pen and black ink with brush and color inks and graphite, on paper.
Classification