Mother Goose Rhymes: My Children Love Best of All: Boy in a Boat - A
Illustration of books -- United States

Image

cja0183.jpg

Title

Mother Goose Rhymes: My Children Love Best of All: Boy in a Boat - A
Illustration of books -- United States

Subject

Pen drawing, American
Mother Goose rhymes

Description

Pen and ink illustration of a boy sitting in the back of a rowboat facing right and away with his hands holding each side of the boat without oars. He is wearing a horizontally striped shirt with a collar and has spiked hair. A fish appears in the waves to the right of the boat and two others appear to its left while a bird flies above them.

Creator

Johnson, Clifton, 1865-1940

Source

Image from page 187 of Mother Goose Rhymes My Children Love Best of All edited by Clifton Johnson, 1917

Publisher

Jones Library Special Collections

Date

circa 1911

Rights

This digital file may be used for educational uses, as long as it is not altered in any way. Prior written permission is required for any other use of the digital files from the Jones Library.

Relation

From the Clifton Johnson Collection

Type

Illustrations

Identifier

CJA0183

Original Format

Pen and ink

Physical Dimensions

7.5 x 4

Citation

Johnson, Clifton, 1865-1940, “Mother Goose Rhymes: My Children Love Best of All: Boy in a Boat - A
Illustration of books -- United States,” Digital Amherst, accessed November 1, 2024, https://digitalamherst.org/items/show/5559.