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Bride and groom taking a pre-marital test on church steps : illustration for Jean Kerr's "Penny Candy" [drawing].

BIB_ID
267132
Accession number
MA 12203
Creator
Darrow, Whitney, 1909-1999.
Published
1970.
Credit line
The Melvin R. Seiden Collection. Gift of Melvin R. Seiden, 2006.
Description
1 drawing.
Notes
Drawing reproduced as an illustration for Jean Kerr's "Penny Candy" (Doubleday & Co., Garden City, New York 1970).
Title supplied by cataloger.
Two drawings of the same image overlaid on top of each other.
282 x 204 mm
Inscriptions/Markings
"p. 50"--in red ink on bottom right recto; "VII - 56"--in pencil on bottom right recto.
Provenance
Melvin R. Seiden.
Summary
Groom in top hat and bride with bouquet sit on church steps and fill out answers to a pre-marital test, as their families wait just inside the church doors.
Medium
Pen and black ink on paper; graphite and yellow ink on overlaid tracing paper.
Classification