Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

James Flaunty, or, The Terror of the Western Seas May be had Here One Shilling Net

Jack Butler Yeats
1871-1957

James Flaunty, or, The Terror of the Western Seas May be had Here One Shilling Net

ca. 1901
9 1/4 x 7 7/16 inches (235 x 189 mm)
Black ink and watercolor, on illustration board.
1986.2052

Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.

© Estate of Jack B Yeats. All rights reserved, DACS / ARS
Notes
Original drawing by Jack B. Yeats for an advertising poster for his children's play, "James Flaunty, or, The Terror of the Western Seas" (London : Elkin Mathews, 1901).
Rectangle of blue-gray paper pasted at head on verso, securing a loop of red cloth ribbon from which to hang the sign.
Inscriptions/Markings
On verso, in pencil, "Jack B. Yeats"; with two small decorations in teal ink, one of which appears to be a design for the artist's monogram, the other evidently depicting a tower or lighthouse.
Classification
Century Drawings