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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
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.