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ilustration art for "An Ancient Haunt of Pirates," a 1888 short story by Eugene V. Smalley published in St. Nicholas Magazine, a popular children's title. Kemble also illustrated American classics including Mark Twain's "Huckleberry Finn" and Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Uncle Tom's Cabin."
Provenance: Richard V. Strawbridge Collection, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Literature: Eugene V. Smalley, "An Ancient Haunt of Pirates," St. Nicholas Magazine, Vol. XV, No. 5, March 1888.
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