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All Fool's Day. Book illustration from Library of Congress

All Fool's Day. Book illustration from Library of Congress

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Summary

Small drawings depicting: "The first fool" (Eve), "A classic fool," "And the moon's a trifle loony," "Mother Goose's proposed monument (fools even in Boston)," "One of Shakespeare's fools" (a midsummer night's dream), "Natures fools" (ducks), "The court fool" (jester and king), and "All the world's a fool" (earth with sailboat and ship).
(DLC/PP-1932:0042).
Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).
Published as front page of: "The Daily Graphic," April 1.

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Date

01/01/1872
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Contributors

Rogers, W. A. (William Allen), 1854-1931, artist
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Source

Library of Congress
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Publication may be restricted. For information see "Cabinet of American Illustration," http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/111_cai.html

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