Terry and the Pirates

Milton A. Caniff

Brooklyn Museum photograph

Caption

Milton A. Caniff (American, 1907–1988). Terry and the Pirates, 1940. Pen and ink on paper, sheet: 7 1/4 x 23 in. (18.4 x 58.4 cm) image (4 frames): 5 15/16 x 20 1/16 in. (15.1 x 51 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Daily News, 41.206. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Collection

American Art

Title

Terry and the Pirates

Date

1940

Medium

Pen and ink on paper

Classification

Drawing

Dimensions

sheet: 7 1/4 x 23 in. (18.4 x 58.4 cm) image (4 frames): 5 15/16 x 20 1/16 in. (15.1 x 51 cm)

Signatures

Signed in ink, lower right of last frame: "MILTON / CANIFF"

Inscriptions

Inscribed in ink, lower left of first frame: "5-13"; inscribed in ink across top margin: "1", "TERRY", and "WORK, CLOCK AND DIRTY"; stamped in right margin: "O.K. -- RWC"

Markings

Paper label affixed to lower right of first frame, printed: "Reg. U. S. Pat. Off.: / Copyright, 1940, by News Syndicate Co. Inc."

Credit Line

Gift of the Daily News

Accession Number

41.206

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