Original art: "Old King Cole" from MOTHER GOOSE

n.p.: n.p., 1910. Fine.. Large and dynamic finished pen-and-ink drawing, later published after its rediscovery in the book YE OLD TIME NURSERY RHYMES BY MOTHER GOOSE. Nearly a quarter century after Denslow's death, a cache of his art was discovered in 1939. Buffalo publishers Baldwin & Strachan used them to issue a pamphlet of Mother Goose rhymes that same year. In their biography of him, Greene and Hearn note in part that "it is likely that Denslow drew the pictures for one of his advertising pamphlets. The pictures first appeared in Youth Magazine, a hand-out to patrons of Dodd's Dairy in Buffalo. In issue eleven, this pamphlet was announced as available from Dodd's milkmen for ten cents." A thrilling survival. 14.5'' x 19.5''. Single Strathmore drawing board with drawing filling nearly the entire space.