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Father: "What is the child howling for now?"

(English, 20th century)
Medium/TechniquePen and ink on paper
DimensionsSight: 24.8 x 30.3 cm (9 3/4 x 11 15/16 in.)
Credit LineBequest of John T. Spaulding
Accession number48.767
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ClassificationsDrawings
InscriptionsLL in ink: Geo S. Dixon; below: FATHER:(Disturbed in the depths of the latest war news) "What is the child howling for now?"/ MOTHER: "He wants his own way."/ FATHER: "Well, if its his. why don't you let him have it?"
ProvenanceJohn Taylor Spaulding (1870-1948, Boston); bequest to MFA, June 3, 1948.
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