I Do Not Know the Answer to that Riddle, (painting).

I Do Not Know the Answer to that Riddle, (painting).

Cady, Harrison, 1877-1970, painter.

I Do Not Know the Answer to that Riddle, (painting).

Watercolor on paper.

14 1/4 x 10 1/4 in.

(Lower left:) Harrison Cady signed

Illustration depicting a lion wearing a polka dot shirt and vest, a pair of trousers, and a watch fob, his left paw grasping his tail, and tears streaming down his face, as he faces a fairy hovering in front of him.

Literature -- St. Nicholas

Literature -- Burnett -- Cozy Lion

Fantasy -- Fairy

Brandywine River Museum, P. O. Box 141, Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania 19317 Accession Number: 82.16.25

Gift of Jane Collette Wilcox,

Illustration for Frances Hodgson Burnett's The Cozy Lion, published in St. Nicholas magazine, Feb. 1907, pg. 295.

"Brandywine River Museum: Catalogue of the Collection, 1969-1989" Chadds Ford, PA: Brandywine Conservancy, 1991, pg. 166.

"The Art of American Illustration," Chadds Ford, PA: Brandywine River Museum of the Brandywine Conservancy, no. 24.

"Brandywine River Museum: Catalogue of the Collection, 1969-1989" Chadds Ford, PA: Brandywine Conservancy, 1991, pg. 167.

"The Art of American Illustration," Chadds Ford, PA: Brandywine River Museum of the Brandywine Conservancy, pg. 29.

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