Textualizing the Illustrations

Displayed here is the sixteen-page "signature" of Beard illustrations that Fred Hall selected for the sales prospectus, along with the captions he wrote to help the book agents "explain" the drawings to potential customers. Clicking on any of these images will give you a closer look at the drawing, and transcriptions of each caption will let you look more closely at how both the novel and Beard's pictures were "sold" to contemporary readers.

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