Victorian couple exchanging gifts through window. : cover illustration for The New Yorker [drawing].

Record ID: 
266289
Accession number: 
MA 12113
Author: 
Steig, William, 1907-2003.
Published: 
1977.
Credit: 
The Melvin R. Seiden Collection. Gift of Janine Luke in honor of William M. Griswold and in memory of Melvin R. Seiden, 2011.
Description: 
1 drawing.
Notes: 

Original drawing for an illustration published on the cover of The New Yorker, Dec. 26, 1977.

Summary: 

Man in top hat and other 19th century clothing hands a present from the window of his house to a woman wearing a bonnet, who leans out of her window; both houses are decorated with wreaths and Christmas trees.

Medium: 
Pen and black ink with brush and color inks and graphite, on paper.
Dimensions: 
332 x 254 mm
Provenance: 
Melvin R. Seiden; Janine Luke.
Classification: