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Dream of the Rarebit Fiend: Bucking Automobile

Winsor McCay

National Gallery of Art

This is a drawing of a comic strip titled "Dream of the Rarebit Fiend." The image includes a sequence of panels depicting a humorous situation involving a vintage automobile. Each panel contains detailed ink illustrations with text in speech bubbles. The story shows a series of misadventures with the car causing chaos. The style is typical of early 20th-century newspaper comics, with clear lines and shading. The comic uses exaggerated motion and expressions for humor, and it ends with a character waking up, indicating it was a dream.

Artwork Details

Date
1907
Medium
pen and black ink and brush and black ink over graphite, with printed overlay, on paperboard
Dimensions
5079 × 3416 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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