"Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus"   Lot no. 610

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This illustration was used in Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus by James Otis. Published in 1937 by The John C. Winston Company - "The Children's Bookshelf" series. The book features wonderful color plates and black & white illustrations by Everett Shinn.

 

Toby Tyler tells the story of a ten-year-old orphan who runs away from a foster home to join the traveling circus only to discover his new employer is a cruel taskmaster. Toby's friend, Mr. Stubbs the chimpanzee, reinforces the consequences of what happens when one follows one's natural instincts rather than one's intellect and conscience, a central theme of the novel.

 

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ABOUT THE ARTIST

            As one of "The Eight," Everitt Shinn, made a lively contribution to American art both in the gallery and on the printed page.

            His milieu was New York, Broadway, the theatre, and colorful public gatherings. His immense artistic facility was always evident, developed in his early career as a newspaper illustrator which demanded rapid, on-the-scene drawings for immediate deadlines. An individual of great enthusiasms and many interests, Shinn was also an accomplished inventor, playwright, and actor. He took on illustration commissions sporadically throughout his career, mostly when he needed money, working for The Century, McClure's, and Hearst's International as well as several book projects in the 1930's, such as The Mystery of Edwin Drood, and Rip van Winkle.

            A mural, done for the residence of his new friend, Clyde Fitch, le to a large number of other such projects, including those of the Belasco Theatre, the Oak Room of the Plaza Hotel in New York, and a 22 x 44 foot mural for the Trenton, New Jersey City Hall.

            Shinn is represented in many collections and museums, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Phillips Memorial Gallery.