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Courtship
signed "A.B. Frost" lower left
gouache, 13 1/2 by 11 1/2 in.
Adams Davidson Galleries, Washington, DC label on back
Also titled "Will You Not Take These Instead,"this drawing was created for Frank R. Stockton's serialized novel, "The Squirrel Inn," which appeared in Century Magazine in 1891. A contemporary reviewer noted, "the illustrated articles, for variety and interest, easily enable "the Century" to maintain its position in the first place among the illustrated magazines of the world." This publication also lists Stockton's story, with Frost's illustrations, as one of the "More Notable Items in the Magazines."
Provenance: Private Collection, New Jersey, acquired from Doyle Galleries, April 24, 1985
Literature: Frank R. Stockton, "The Squirrel Inn," Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, August 1891, vol. XX, Chapter XVIII, p. 513, illustrated.
William Thomas Stead, ed. "The Review of Reviews,"
Exhibited: Washington, D.C., Adams Davidson Galleries, Works on Paper from Thomas Cole to Andrew Wyeth, April 19 - June 3, 1980.
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