Cupid's fun - Drawing. Public domain image.

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Cupid's fun - Drawing. Public domain image.

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Cupid, the god of love, dressed as a messenger boy, delivers a letter to the Greek poet Anacreon, dressed in his native toga. Anacreon dismisses Cupid witha wave of his hand from the door of a building.
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Page from Puck, with cartoon image surrounded by advertisements.
Printed below title: Anacreon (at his door). Ah, you young rascal, I see through your disguise! You're the same little chap who shot me some days ago." Cupid (as a messenger-boy). Maybe this letter will heal your wound. I believe the lady says she "will be a sister to you." Bye-bye!
Signed, lower left: U.J.K.
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Bequest and gift; Caroline and Erwin Swann; 1974; (DLC/PP-1974:232.412)
Anacreon was known for his odes and epigrams devoted to the praise of love and wine.
Published in: Puck, June 14, 1893.

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01/01/1893
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Keppler, Udo J., 1872-1956, artist
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