BIB_ID
312768
Accession number
MA 3851.38
Creator
Hayes, Dorothy.
Display Date
undated [1970 or later].
Credit line
Gift of E. B. White, 1971.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 35.3 cm
Notes
Dating based on contents of the letter.
In 1969, White asked Hayes to do a rough sketch, based on his description, of an illustration for the dust jacket for The Trumpet of the Swan, which he could show then his publisher Harper & Row. This sketch was used as a guide for illustrator Edward Frascino.
Part of a collection of manuscript drafts and source material related to E. B. White's The trumpet of the swan. Items in the collection have been described individually; see collection-level record for more information.
With a note on the verso signed "EBW."
In 1969, White asked Hayes to do a rough sketch, based on his description, of an illustration for the dust jacket for The Trumpet of the Swan, which he could show then his publisher Harper & Row. This sketch was used as a guide for illustrator Edward Frascino.
Part of a collection of manuscript drafts and source material related to E. B. White's The trumpet of the swan. Items in the collection have been described individually; see collection-level record for more information.
With a note on the verso signed "EBW."
Provenance
Gift of E. B. White in 1971.
Summary
Sending her original watercolor sketch (MA 3851.38) of the dust jacket mock up for The Trumpet of the Swan, saying that she loves the book and is thrilled to have had "a tiny wee part in it."
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