THE DINKEY BIRD, 1904

Illustration for Poems of Childhood (New York:
Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1904)
Exhibited: Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts
Hundredth Anniversary Exhibition, 1905

Oil on paper and paperboard Maxfield Parrish, 1870–1966

Signed, lower right: M ∙ P
Marks: Wanted for Portfolio / 259 / 378 [circled] / “The Dinkey – Bird” – / “In an ocean, ‘way out yonder /
“(As all sapient people know). / Is the land of Wonder – Wander, /
Wither children love to go………………….” / Maxfield Parrïsh. /
“The Oaks” / Windsor : Vermont. / May of 1904. /[ 378 circled]

21" x 15.5" (P-056-91)