Terry and the pirates. They're off! Gosh Pat! - Maybe there's more to this pirate stuff than we thought! / Milton Caniff. – Vintage 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 historic drawing of Terry and the pirates. They're off! Gosh Pat! - Maybe there's more to this pirate stuff than we thought! / Milton Caniff. brings a moment of history to your wall. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Terry and the pirates. They're off! Gosh Pat! - Maybe there's more to this pirate stuff than we thought! / Milton Caniff.
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The panel's caption, "They're off! Gosh Pat!", sets a boy's excitement against a sly line about "more to this pirate stuff than we thought," and it shows the tone Milton Caniff brought to *Terry and the Pirates* when the strip began in 1934. Caniff drew this original in India ink and blue pencil over graphite, then scraped away areas of ink and pasted in corrections, a method that left the work's construction visible. Its wide, low format suits the adventure's sweeping boats and waterfronts. The record dates it to November 3, 1934, only weeks after the strip's debut, when Caniff was still shaping the characters and the voyage that would carry Terry Lee across Asia.
| Medium | 1 drawing : India ink, blue pencil and scraping out over graphite underdrawing and paste-on ; 17.8 x 53 cm. (sheet) |
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| Notes | 1934 Nov. 3 [publication date] |
| Subjects | Pirates--1930-1940. Boats--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 5,516 × 4,209 px · prints to 18 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-226168 |
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