The grasshopper and the ant
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812883
Item data
Title
The grasshopper and the ant
Collection
Wallach Division Picture Collection
African-American Life -- 1890s
Names
Frost, A. B. (Arthur Burdett), 1851-1928 (Illustrator)
Date / Origin
Date Created: 1893
Date Issued: 1898
Library Location
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC AFRA-L-189
Subjects
African Americans -- Social life -- 1890-1899
African Americans -- 1890-1899
African Americans -- Men -- 1890-1899
Travelers
Roads
Rural areas
La Fontaine, Jean de, 1621-1695. Fables
Fables
Baskets
Beggars
Genres
Notes
Statement Of Responsibility: "Drawn by A. B. Frost. Copyright, 1894, by Charles Scribner's Sons."--printed on border.
Source Note: Pictures from Scribner's... selected from Scribner's magazine. (New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, c1898) Scribner, Charles, Author.
Physical Description
Halftone photomechanical prints
Extent: 31 x 23 cm (12 1/2 x 9 in.)
Identifiers
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b17609590
Barcode: 33333159333687
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 344d5ad0-c52f-012f-4f29-58d385a7bc34
Rights
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Type Of Resource
Date Issued
1898
Cite this item
MLA format
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "The grasshopper and the ant" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1893. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/344d5ad0-c52f-012f-4f29-58d385a7bc34
APA format
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1893). The grasshopper and the ant Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/344d5ad0-c52f-012f-4f29-58d385a7bc34
Chicago/Turabian Format
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "The grasshopper and the ant" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 11, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/344d5ad0-c52f-012f-4f29-58d385a7bc34
Wikipedia citation
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