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Warrior and the Amazons
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Warrior and the Amazons

Oliver Herford (American, 1863–1935)
Mildred Howells (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 number50.3830
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ClassificationsDrawings
InscriptionsIn pencil at bottom of sheet "A warior with glittering sword / Went to fight with the Amazon horde / But their mode of advance / Was a serpentine dance / Which struck him as very untoward " "Picture O. Herford and M. Howells verse M. Howells"ProvenanceMildred Howells, Boston, MA; gift to MFA, December 14, 1950.