Drawing, Design for the Title Page of The Scarlet Thorn, by John Burroughs, published in St. Nicolas, July 1892, Harry Fenn

Above the title, author and initial letter (i) there is an arrangement of leaves, blossoms, berries and thorn branches labeled "washington thorn" (lower left); "white thorn" (upper left); "apple haw" (upper right). Date: 1892. Dimensions: Sheet: 27.3 x 37.6 cm (10 3/4 x 14 13/16 in.). Medium: brush and gray wash, graphite on off-white bristol board, pen and black ink. Collection: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Drawing, Design for the Title Page of The Scarlet Thorn, by John Burroughs, published in St. Nicolas, July 1892, 1892 (CH 18384797)