Dream of the Rarebit Fiend: Here Comes Washington, 1908

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series Title

Dream of the Rarebit Fiend

Medium

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

Dimensions

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

Credit Line

Gift of the Moniz Family

Accession Number

2008.128.2

Artists / Makers

Winsor McCay (artist) American, 1869(?) - 1934

Image Use

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Inscription

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.

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

Moniz, Ann Winsor

Bibliography

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