"'My dear,' he instructed her patiently under the girl's approving eyes, 'you will find it always pays to get the best'"
William Glackens
American Art
MEDIUM
Black conte crayon, watercolor, opaque watercolor, and graphite on cream, moderately thick, smooth wove paper
DATES
1906
DIMENSIONS
Sheet: 15 3/8 x 12 3/16 in. (39.1 x 31 cm)
Image: 13 x 11 7/16 in. (33 x 29.1 cm)
SIGNATURE
Signed lower right: "W. Glackens"
INSCRIPTIONS
Inscribed on verso, in graphite (artist's hand?): "Glackens" vertically down left side; and ' "My Dear, you will always pays [sic] / to get the best" '
ACCESSION NUMBER
40.55
CREDIT LINE
Dick S. Ramsay Fund
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Illustration for "The Generous Mr. Dean," by Abby Meguire Roach, published in McClure's Magazine 27, no. 3 (July 1906): 254
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
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