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| 1556 |
| The Grasshopper and the Ant |
| FES Title: | Grasshopper and Ant – | |
| Alternate Titles: | Aesop’s Fables. The Story of the Grasshopper and the Ant |
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| Date: | 06/10/1927 | |
| Size: | 36″H x 28″W | |
| Medium: |  |
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| Type: | illustration | |
| Published: | Aesop’s Fables, illustrated with Louis Rhead. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1927: dust jacket, cover, frontispiece.
______. New York: Blue Ribbon Books, c. 1927: cover, frontispiece. ______. New York: Books Inc, c. 1927: frontispiece. “Sketch Book…featuring the work of outstanding Delaware artists.” Dateline Delaware, September- October 1960: 26. “Treasure of the Month.” Mosaic: News and Events from the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, FL.September-October 1980: 2. |
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| Inscription: | ll: F.E. Schoonover / ’27 | |
| Annotations: | en verso on label on upper frame: This painting Grasshopper and the Ant is the property of Elizabeth Cobb of Rockport- hers to have and hold from this day forth / Frank E. / Aug 31- 1968 en verso on upper left stretcher: Jacket- Aesop / M.M.- June 1927 / [right] 1556 |
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| Exhibitions: | 1927 WSFA; 1931 FES; 1962 FES | |
| Comments: | TP 6/10/05; form; index; edit |
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| Provenance: | Given by the artist to Elizabeth Schoonover Cobb; Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, Florida. Gift of Elizabeth Schoonover Cobb [1993] | |
