Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum

Dream of the Rarebit Fiend. "Well. I'll try the awful stuff!"

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Description
  • Copyright, 1908, by the New York evening telegram (New York Herald Co.).
  • Signed: "Silas"
  • Date taken from Judith O'Sullivan's 'The Art of Winsor Z. McCay.'
  • Fifteen panel monochrome comic strip.
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Identifier
  • Digital ID: d_827
  • Finding Number: CGA.AC.H2.032
Summary
  • A husband rubs an ointment onto his head hoping it will grow hair. Within 15 minutes mushrooms start growing on his head. His wife calls the doctor and he tells him they are mushrooms and where did he get the cream from. He tells him Dr. Mud. He calls Dr. Mud and he tells him to sell the mushrooms. His wife scrapes the mushrooms off and takes them to the market. They will give her a dollar a pound. They become millionaires but can't enjoy it. His wife wakes up from the dream. Her husband told her she should not have eaten that rarebit.
Source Collection
Published in
  • New York Evening Telegram
Collection identifier
  • SPEC.CGA.WG
Repository
  • Ohio State University. Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum
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Date copyrighted
  • 1908
Date
  • July 27, 1908
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  • This item, made available for research and educational purposes, may be protected by copyright; the user is responsible for making a final determination of copyright status.
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  • original art
Medium
  • paper
  • ink
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Extent
  • 57.2 x 35.8 cm
Credit line: Woody Gelman Collection, The Ohio State University, Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum

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