Baseball Episode,Humorous,Overcoat,Arthur Burdett Frost,1881,Children,Boys

Title: A baseball episode
Creator(s): Frost, A. B. (Arthur Burdett), 1851-1928, artist
Date Created/Published: [1881]
Summary: Humorous illustration shows a wealthy man wearing an overcoat over his suit, gesturing with a closed umbrella toward a skinny dog with its tail between its legs as he chastises a group of boys for beating it. The boys defend their actions, having lost their baseball, which the dog swallowed therby ending their season. The action takes place before a wooden fence decorated with posters announcing baseball games, theatrical performances and excursions to Coney Island.
Notes:
Caption reads: Philanthrophist: 'How dare you abuse that poor little dog.' Chorus of outraged urchins: 'He's been and gone and swallored de ball and busted up de boss of de season, dat's why!'
(DLC/PP-1934:0009).
Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).
Published in: Harper's weekly, 28:471 (July 19, 1881).
Subjects:
Adults.
Baseball.
Children.
Dogs.
Poor persons.
Drawings--American.
Periodical illustrations.
Bookmark /2010715910/
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