Illustration,policeman,Detective Story,John Held,1919

Title: Exposeing [sic] the plot / by John Held, Jr.
Creator(s): Held, John, 1889-1958, artist
Date Created/Published: 1919 May 10.
Summary: Illustration shows a man standing in a chimney, holding a telephone in his right hand and pointing with his left. On one side of the chimney stand a man in a long oriental shirt and a woman in a short frilly dress bordered with a fringe. On the other stand a policeman and a woman in an ankle-length dress. The drawing may be an ilustration for a detective story. John Held was extremely popular, particularly for his depiction of flappers and other sophisticated young things, during the 1920s.
Notes:
Title from item.
Signed and dated in pencil on verso.
Forms part of: Art Wood Collection of Caricature and Cartoon (Library of Congress).
Unprocessed in WOOD/Held.413
Encyclopedia of American comics, p. 179-80 ljr
Subjects:
Police--1910-1920.
Illustrations--American--1910-1920.
Ink drawings--American--1910-1920.
Bookmark /2005680572/
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