This and 281 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Album, Scraps and Sketches by Frederick [sic] S. Church vol. 1.

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Ephemera, The Contemporary Suitor, Illustration for Harper's New Monthly Magazine (XCIV, No. DLXIV, May 1897, p. 977)

This is a Ephemera. It was illustrated by Frederick Stuart Church and collected by Dr. Dudley Tenney and published by Harper's Weekly and Harper & Bros.. It is dated May 1897 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is printed on black ink on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was bequest of Erskine Hewitt. It is credited Bequest of Erskine Hewitt.

Its dimensions are

30.2 × 23.5 cm (11 7/8 × 9 1/4 in.)

It is signed

Signed in print, lower right: F. S. Church

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, center: White Tigers & Yellow Roses- from a painting by F.S. Church / Owned by [illegible, possibly L. L. Name?]

Cite this object as

Ephemera, The Contemporary Suitor, Illustration for Harper's New Monthly Magazine (XCIV, No. DLXIV, May 1897, p. 977); Collected by Dr. Dudley Tenney (New York City); Published by Harper's Weekly, Harper & Bros.; Illustrated by Frederick Stuart Church (American, 1842–1924); USA; printed on black ink on paper; 30.2 × 23.5 cm (11 7/8 × 9 1/4 in.); Bequest of Erskine Hewitt; 1938-57-1070-143

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