The journey - Drawing. Public domain image.

Illustration depicts a young boy absorbed in watching the scenery from his seat in a railway car for a series of poems by Josephine Preston Peabody entitled "The Little Past." The poems relate experiences of childhood from a child's perspective.

Bequest; James E. Verree Estate; (DLC/PP-1937:0028).

Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

Published in: "The Little Past : the Journey" by Josephine Preston Peabody, Harper's magazine, 108:95 (Dec. 1903).

Exhibited in A Petal from the Rose: Illustrations by Elizabeth Shippen Green, Swann Gallery, Library of Congress, June 28 - September 29, 2001; The Red Rose Girls: An uncommon story of art and love, Norman Rockwell Museum, Stockbridge, MA, 2003-2004.

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01/01/1897

National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

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