"Instructor : 'The next number, ladies, is entitled The Will o' the Wisp. And you must watch me closely, as it requires a great deal of grace and agility.'" : cartoon for Vanity Fair [drawing].

Record ID: 
266542
Accession number: 
MA 12283
Author: 
Held, John, 1889-1958.
Published: 
1916.
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 a cartoon published in Vanity Fair, Aug. 12, 1916.

Summary: 

In a mansion scene, a portly dance instructor prances upon the floor to demonstrate the next dance upcoming to the three elegantly clothed women in attendance, as another woman plays the piano in the background.

Medium: 
Pen, brush and ink on illustration board.
Dimensions: 
240 x 365 mm
Provenance: 
Melvin R. Seiden; Janine Luke.
Classification: