Camera-ready comic art drawing for <i>Fred Basset</i>
date: label: date made
content: ca 1966
name: label: graphic artist
content: Graham, Alex
label: publisher
content: Hall Syndicate, Inc.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This pen-and-ink drawing produced for the <i>Fred Basset</i> comic strip shows Fred upset because his “Best of Breed” trophy has been put away and forgotten in a closet. The drawing includes the date "9-14" and is presumed to date from about 1966.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Alexander S. Graham (1913-1991) was a Scottish artist who created the comic strips <i>Wee Hughie,</i> <i>Our Bill,</i> and <i>Briggs the Butler</i> for British newspapers between the 1940s and 1960s. Graham debuted <i>Fred Basset</i> in 1963. The strip was syndicated and distributed to international audiences.
label: Description (Brief)
content: <i>Fred Basset</i> (1963- ) was about the daily life of a Basset Hound who communicated with comic strip readers, but not with his owner. Many times the strip's humor was the result of Fred's thought-commentary about mundane activities, such as trying to catch some table scraps or following his owner on a round of golf. The strip was continued after Graham's death in 1991 by his daughter Arran. It is currently being prepared by artist Michael Martin, with consultation by Graham's daughter.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Animals
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content: Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
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content: Popular Entertainment
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content: Cultures & Communities
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content: Comic Art
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content: Communications
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content: Art
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Newspaper Comics Council, Inc., New York, NY
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.22607
label: catalog number
content: 22607
label: accession number
content: 277502
objectType: label: Object Name
content: drawing
label: Object Type
content: Drawings
label: Other Terms
content: drawing; Pen and Ink
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 11.2 cm x 33.2 cm; 4 7/16 in x 13 1/16 in