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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 871

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This is a short talk to the young illustrators, especially tothose who expect to follow comic and caricature work.There is an idea among young artists (and, alas, amongcertain older ones) that humor and caricature consistchiefly of gross exaggeration. There is no good foundation … EARLY SPRING. BY HENRY B. DILLARD, AGE l6. (CASH PRIZE.) 850 HEADING. BY MART WAGNER, AGE I5. (GOLD BADGE.) for this idea. Indeed, the most humorous drawing andthe most telling caricature are likely to show so littleexaggeration of human characteristics that one may find itdifficult to point out…

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