Cousins Dancing Front of the Nickelodeon

Name/Title

Cousins Dancing Front of the Nickelodeon

Entry/Object ID

1974.41.1

Description

Crayon illustration showing several people in a domestic room surrounding a large brown wooden nickelodeon. A person playing an organ is visible in a different room through a door on the left. The figures consist of a red-haired girl wearing a pink shirt and blue skirt; a black-haired girl wearing a green dress; a red-haired boy wearing a green shirt (playing the organ); a black-haired girl wearing a blue dress; a brown-haired girl wearing a yellow shirt and red skirt; and a black-haired boy wearing a green striped shirt. The bottom is inscribed, "For the Vt. Museum July 1974" in pencil on the left, "Cousins Dancing Front of the Nickelodeon" in red crayon at center, and a typed note affixed in the lower right corner that reads, "Miss Gayleen Aiken / Artist, Musician, Camper, / Hobbyist, Old Nickelodeon & Big / Country House Enthusiast."

Type of Drawing

Crayon

Acquisition

Accession

1974.41

Source or Donor

Aiken, Gayleen (1934-2005)

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Artist

Aiken, Gayleen (1934-2005)

Date made

1974

Place

City

Barre City

County

Washington County

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Drawing

Nomenclature Class

Art

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

12 in

Width

18 in