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(Father, mother, and small boy)
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Father: "What is the child howling for now?"
(Father, mother, and small boy)
George S. Dixon (English, 20th century)
Medium/Technique
Pen and ink on paper
Dimensions
Sight: 24.8 x 30.3 cm (9 3/4 x 11 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of John T. Spaulding
Accession Number48.767
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsDrawings
InscriptionsLL in ink: Geo S. Dixon; below: FATHER:(Disturbed in the depths of the latest war news) "What is the child howling for now?"/ MOTHER: "He wants his own way."/ FATHER: "Well, if its his. why don't you let him have it?"
ProvenanceJohn Taylor Spaulding (1870-1948, Boston); bequest to MFA, June 3, 1948.