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Creator: | Outcault, Richard Felton, 1863-1928 |
Title: | R. F. Outcault Cartoons |
Inclusive Dates: | 1923 |
Quantity: | 2 linear ft. |
Abstract: | 1 original Sunday cartoon from the newspaper comic strip Buster Brown. |
Language: | English |
Repository: |
Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries 222 Waverly Avenue Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 https://library.syracuse.edu/special-collections-research-center |
Richard Felton Outcault (1863-1928) was an American cartoonist and creator of the comic strips The Yellow Kid and Buster Brown.
The R. F. Outcault Cartoons collection contains 1 original Sunday cartoon (in 2 pieces) from the newspaper comic strip Buster Brown (1923). Sunday cartoon: traces of graphite, blue pencil, pen and ink on illustration board, total dimensions approx. 23 x 29 in.
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For original Outcault Yellow Kid cartoons, see the Street and Smith Records.
Special Collections Research Center has collections of over one hundred other cartoonists. Please refer to the SCRC Subject Index for a complete listing.
Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
R. F. Outcault Cartoons,
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Libraries
Purchased, 1963.
Created by: MD
Date: 25 Mar 2009
Revision history: 25 Mar 2009 - converted to EAD (MBD);
7 May 2009 - revised (MBD);
12 Jan 2012 - box number revised (MBD)
Buster Brown | |||||||||||
Oversize 1 | Sunday cartoon May 13, 1923 - cartoon, in two pieces |