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New York City Opera records, 1924-2019, bulk 1965-1991
214 linear feetHodder and Stoughton records, 1875-1914
3 linear feetCorrespondence and publishing agreements for many of their authors in the pre-World War I period.
Comic Art collection, circa 1884-2016
9 linear feetA teaching collection of original comic art, much of which sheds light on various historical styles or techniques. Accompanied by several comic books. Materials includes daily newspaper strip art, Sunday newspaper strip art, single-panel cartoons, comic book pages, and related comics material, such as printing plates and ephemera.
Dunn, Bob: Portrait of Milt Gross, circa 1930s Box 2, Folder 10
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- of Jewish folklife. The artist represented here, Bob Dunn, was Gross' protègé and ghost-artist. This
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Yiddishe humorist Milt Gross (1895-1953) changed the language with popular catch-phrases including "banana oil!" (meaning nonsense), and he is revered today as a vital link in the pop-cultural preservation of Jewish folklife. The artist represented here, Bob Dunn, was Gross' protègé and ghost-artist. This caricature finds Dunn delineating Gross in broad-nibbed pen- and brush-strokes, with a typically bemused expression. Ink over graphite on age-toned Bristol board. Dimensions, 10.25" x 12". Tightly cropped at borders, with nicked corners. Otherwise in Very Good condition.
George A. Plimpton collection of portraits, 1550-1920
40 itemsPrimarily oil portraits of 18th century literary figures. There are also engravings, and pen and ink and pencil sketches. Among the literary figures are portraits of Samuel Butler, Lord Byron, Thomas Carlyle; Colley Cibber; Charles Dickens; John Evelyn; John Foxe; David Garrick; Thomas Gray; Charles Lamb; Sir Thomas More; Sir Walter Raleigh; Samuel Richardson; Richard B. Sheridan; Alfred, Lord Tennyson; William M. Thackeray; and others. There is also a portrait by Blanche Ames of George A. Plimpton. Among the artists represented in the collection are James Maubert, Frederick Sandys, and William Hogarth (attrib.)