Dream of the Rarebit Fiend: Here Comes Washington

1908

Winsor McCay

Artist, American, 1869(?) - 1934

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and black ink and brush and black ink over graphite, with printed overlay, on paperboard

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the Moniz Family

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 45.09 x 67.31 cm (17 3/4 x 26 1/2 in.)

  • Accession

    2008.128.2

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

by descent to Ray Winsor Moniz (grandson of the artist); by descent to Margaret Ann Moniz and Ann Winsor Moniz, Highland Falls, NY; gift to NGA, 2008

Associated Names

Bibliography

2007

  • Merkl, Ulrich. The Complete Dream of The Rarebit Fiend (1904-1913) by Winsor McCay 'Silas'. Germany: Ulrich Merkl, 2007, no. 401.

Inscriptions

lower right in pen and black ink: SILAS; lower right in graphite: 7 [not deciphered] tonight; lower right corner in blue colored pencil: 2; lower center printed in black: COPYRIGHT, 1908, BY THE NEW YORK EVENING TELEGRAM (NEW YORK HERALD CO.). All Rights Reserverd.

Wikidata ID

Q64640503

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