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The Sorceress and the Auk

(American, 1863–1935)
(American, born in 1872)
1883–1935
Medium/TechniqueGraphite pencil on paper
DimensionsSheet: 25.4 x 20.3 cm (10 x 8 in.)
Credit LineGift of Miss Mildred Howells
Accession number50.3829
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ClassificationsDrawings
InscriptionsIn pencil at bottom of sheet "A sorceress out for a walk/ Fell in with an elderly awk -/ Now I see; cried the queen/ What the people all mean/ by the ‘awkward' they use in their talk." "Drawing and first lines by O. Herford / verse finished by M. Howells"
ProvenanceMildred Howells, Boston, MA; gift to MFA, December 14, 1950.