The Yellow Kid studies music and tries it on the dog and others

Outcault, Richard Felton (1863-1928)


Item type:
drawing
Date of creation:
1897
Height:
27.0 cm  (10 5/8 in.)
Width:
40.0 cm  (15 3/4 in.)
Technique / Medium:
ink on paper

    Item location

  • Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum (The Ohio State University)
    [Museum inv. no.: CGA.SFS59-5-1]

Description

The Yellow Kid plays a trumpet or cornet to a listening group of animals (cat, dog, bird and goat).

Iconclass

49M3212
comic strip, 'bande dessinée'
43C7432
children playing musical instruments

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Trumpet [4446]

Musical works

legible music notation
on top border of page and on Yellow Kid's music stand

RIdIM images


Image URLs

image link 1

Notes

Published in the New York Journal, 1897-02-07

RIdIM record id

5822