Twas' the afternoon of Christmas! / Berryman. – Antique Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This rare historic drawing captures Twas' the afternoon of Christmas! / Berryman. in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Twas' the afternoon of Christmas! / Berryman.
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The title turns the opening line of Clement Clarke Moore's poem into a pun, moving the scene from night to the afternoon of Christmas Day. Clifford Berryman, a longtime Washington cartoonist, probably published this drawing in the Washington Star on Christmas Day, 1933, while the country was still deep in the Great Depression and the New Deal was reshaping federal life. The joke depends on readers knowing the poem, which was the holiday's most familiar text. Berryman, who created the 1902 teddy bear drawing that gave the toy its name, spent decades sketching the national scene.
| Created / published | 1933 Dec. 25. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing. |
| Genre | Editorial cartoons American 1930-1940.Drawings American 1930-1940. |
| Notes | Probably published in: Washington star. (DLC/PP-1945.R1.450) mm / 860129. BAR updated record 1989-1994. |
| Subjects | Santa Claus--1930-1940. Christmas--1930-1940. Children--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,362 px · prints to 5 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-164097 |
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