Drawing
- Title:
- Untitled
- Object Name:
- Drawing
- Object ID:
- 1985.051.16.12
- Creator:
- Hill, Edward (1843-1923)
Artist - Date:
- 1890 - 1920
- Description:
- Untitled drawing, by Edward Hill (1843-1923), c. 1890. Pencil on paper. Drawing of 22 chickens and geese. Under chicken in bottom left hand corner is the caption "Rich bl. suima [?] / over or chrome [?] / black tail -". Underneath the goose that is along the bottom center of the drawing is written the caption "asleep". Above the two chickens in the bottom right corner, next to a dark and detailed goose (whose right profile is shown) is written: "good one / this one stands / up while the / others lie down / and sleep". To the left diagonal of the aforementioned chicken is a picture of a chicken lying down with caption "asleep" written underneath it. Pencil inscription on reverse: "I am getting these to put in a big / picture I am painting". Underneath that is a tic-tac-toe game with the O's winning diagonally. Underneath the tic-tac-toe game, written upside down is "a fan. I see a han. / p. I see a doll / and have a kitten / you a cup. / rest it is a ". Unsigned. Unframed.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-7 L-4.75 inches
- Provenance:
- Donor is granddaughter-in-law of Edward Hill (1843-1923); gift included correspondence of Edward Hill, given to mss. dept.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Katherine Hill
- People:
- Hill, Edward (1843-1923)
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