Cataloger's Reference Shelf
Graphic Materials - Rules for Describing Original Items and Historical
Collections
23: Single Item, Unpublished (Sample Descriptions in the 1982 Edition)
The nefarious labratory villian [sic] ... / [Ralph Barton]. -- [ 192-?]
1 drawing on illustration board : India ink, ink wash, over black crayon [?] and opaque white ; on support 37.7 x 28.0 cm.
Title from handwritten notation below image.
Title continues: ... knows a little about science and is more than a little crazy, likes to preform [sic] innocent little experiments on his fellow humans.
Subject: Caricature of a mad scientist.
Restricted.
Bequest of Erwin Swann, 1977.
[sic]: Inaccuracies in the title are followed by "sic" (0F1).
[Ralph Barton]: The cataloger attributes this item to the cartoonist Ralph Barton; the name is supplied in a standardized form in square brackets (1G6).
192-?: The probable date is given according to a pattern in Appendix A (2H4).
India ink, ink wash, over black crayon [?] and opaque white: Multiple techniques are described in other physical details (3C3.1).
Title from handwritten notation: The manuscript title is described (5B1).
Title continues: The lengthy title is continued in a note to reflect what appears on the item to the catalog user (5B4).
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