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TITLE: [The Byrd's Christmas carol]
CALL NUMBER: SWANN - no. 929 (B size) [P&P]
REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-USZC4-5236 (color film copy transparency)
LC-USZ62-62833 (b&w film copy neg.)
RIGHTS INFORMATION: Publication may be restricted. For information see "Miguel Covarrubias," (http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/253_cov.html)
SUMMARY: The caricature shows Byrd at the time of his five month solitary sojourn to the South Pole (1934), during the 1933-35 expedition. Depicted as a lonely, teary-eyed explorer, he sits near a two-way radio on a block of ice, embracing the New York Times. He is surrounded by penguins, icebergs, an opened can of turkey, gift wrap, and a small Christmas tree.
MEDIUM: 1 drawing : gouache on white watercolor stock ; 35.3 x 28.9 cm. (sheet)
CREATED/PUBLISHED: 1934 Dec. [publication date]
CREATOR:
Covarrubias, Miguel, 1904-1957, artist.
NOTES:
In the published version Byrd sends "A Christmas message from the little admiral of Little America," to his friends. He asks them to tell Santa that if he visits him at the South Pole, "I'll be glad to name a glacier or a mountain range after him (as I did for several Santa Clauses, like Rockefeller and Edsal Ford and Charles V. Bob) ... "
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Signed, lower left: Covarrubias.
Title from Vanity fair (New York).
Bequest and gift; Caroline and Erwin Swann; 1974; (DLC/PP-1974:232.1657)
In May, 1926, Admiral Richard E. Byrd became an international hero as the first person to fly over the North Pole. However, during his subsequent expeditions in 1928 and 1933-35 to the Antarctic where he established his base camp, Little America, he was criticized after he named the topography after some of his financial backers.
Forms part of: Caroline and Erwin Swann collection of caricature and cartoon (Library of Congress).
Published in: Vanity Fair (New York), December, 1934.
Exhibited: Library of Congress, "They Made Them Laugh and Wince and Worry," 1977-82; National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C., "Miguel Covarrubias Caricatures," 1985.
SUBJECTS:
Byrd, Richard Evelyn,--1888-1957--Journeys--Antarctica.
Christmas--1930-1940.
Explorers--1930-1940.
FORMAT:
Caricatures American 1930-1940.
Drawings American Color 1930-1940.
Periodical illustrations American 1930-1940.
PART OF: Caroline and Erwin Swann collection of caricature & cartoon (Library of Congress)
REPOSITORY: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
DIGITAL ID: (digital file from color film copy transparency) cph 3g05236 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3g05236
(digital file from b&w film copy neg.) cph 3b10472 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b10472
CONTROL #: 2009616479
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