Lot 5
Lot 5
"The Uniform Fitted Him Fairly Well"

Ethel Franklin Betts (c. 1877-1956)

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    "The Uniform Fitted Him Fairly Well"

    Ethel Franklin Betts (c. 1877-1956)
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    Ethel Franklin Betts (c. 1877-1956)
    "The Uniform Fitted Him Fairly Well"
    signed 'Ethel Franklin Betts.' (lower center)
    oil on canvas
    15 1⁄8 x 11 ¼ in. (38.4 x 28.5 cm.)
    Painted circa 1904.

    PROVENANCE
    John and Edith Mohn, Robesonia, Pennsylvania, 1921.
    By descent to the present owner.

    LITERATURE
    G. MacDonough, A.A. Chapin, Babes in Toyland, New York, 1904, p. 138, illustrated.
    G. MacDonough, A.A. Chapin, Babes in Toyland, New York, 1924, cover illustration.
    R.M. Clancy, Children's Christmas Classics, vol. 3, North Cape May, New Jersey, 2002, p. 95, illustrated.
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