The Mermaid

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Object Details

Illustrator
Frederick Stuart Church, American, 1842–1924
Collector
Dr. Dudley Tenney, New York City
Author
Henry Wheeler Shaw, American, 1818–1885
Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Top, short story on what a mermaid is. Bottom; upper left, smiling sun; upper right, three standing penguins on top of cliff, below, profile of mermaid sitting facing left, with mirror in right hand, gazing at herself. Lower right, pelican gazing lovingly at mermaid.
Credit Line
Bequest of Erskine Hewitt
1877
Accession Number
1938-57-1070-256
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Type
albums (bound) & books
Object Name
Ephemera
Type
Ephemera
Medium
Printed in black ink on blue paper
Dimensions
30.2 × 23.5 cm (11 7/8 × 9 1/4 in.)
made in
USA
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Record ID
chndm_1938-57-1070-256
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4509fc97d-91b6-4b5f-9a80-058e14019a40
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