Title
10. Illustrated letter from Maxfield Parrish to Henry Bancroft, Paris, December [11, 1884]
Description
From the bespectacled and top-hated elfin-looking man seated on the capital āDā of Dear, to the distinguished looking flamingo wearing a top hat, high collar and waistcoat, Parrish applied his active imagination to the decorative elements adorning this letter to Henry Bancroft. To the left of the flamingo Parrish added a new scene, a pair of bald-headed smokers puffing on a hookah. A spider descends into the smoke rising from the pipe.