Moon Mullins

Frank Henry Willard

Brooklyn Museum photograph

Caption

Frank Henry Willard (American, 1893–1958). Moon Mullins, October 1940. Pen and ink on paper, sheet: 7 x 21 3/4 in. (17.8 x 55.2 cm) image (3 frames): 5 15/16 x 19 7/8 in. (15.1 x 50.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Daily News, 41.212. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Collection

American Art

Title

Moon Mullins

Date

October 1940

Medium

Pen and ink on paper

Classification

Drawing

Dimensions

sheet: 7 x 21 3/4 in. (17.8 x 55.2 cm) image (3 frames): 5 15/16 x 19 7/8 in. (15.1 x 50.5 cm)

Signatures

Signed in ink, lower right of last frame: "Willard"

Inscriptions

Various printing instructions inscribed in margins, clockwise from upper left: "RUSH!"; "11-4-9."; "Moon Mullins"; "WOIKIN'"; "Correction!"; "His story and stuc with it."; "51-5 [struck through]"; and stamped in red, "PRINT ON JEM METAL"

Markings

On recto, two paper tags affixed to lower right of first two frames, both printed with: "Reg. U. S. Pat. Off.: / Copyright, 1940, by News Syndicate Co., Inc." On verso, stamped: "RECEIVED / TRIBUNE / ENGRAVING ROOM / 1940 OCT 26 PM 2 37"

Credit Line

Gift of the Daily News

Accession Number

41.212

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