Camera-ready drawing, entitled "Family Circus".: Museum Object and Cultural History
Camera-ready drawing, entitled "Family Circus".: date made: undated. publisher: King Features Syndicate. graphic artist: Keane, Bil.
The object in the museum catalogue
"The Family Circus", created and drawn by Bil Keane, first appeared in newspapers in 1960. The strip features quips about family life and especially cute sayings and understandings of and by children. It is one of the most popular comic panels in the world, distributed by King Features Syndicate. This is an original drawing by the artist of the four "Family Circus" children.
Materials, dates and provenance
- date made: undated
- publisher: King Features Syndicate
- graphic artist: Keane, Bil
- Object Name: Drawing
- Object Type: Drawings
- Other Terms: Drawing; Pen and Ink
- Physical Description: artist board (overall material)
- Physical Description: ink (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 74 cm x 50.9 cm; 29 1/8 in x 20 1/16 in
- Subject: Children
- ID Number: GA.22495
- catalog number: 22495
- accession number: 277502
- Credit Line: Newspaper Comics Council, Inc., New York, NY
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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