Existing comment:
(45) Raggedy Ann and Andy in the river, between 1915 and 1938.
Ink and watercolor.
Art Wood Collection of Cartoon and Caricature
Prints and Photographs Division
LC-DIG-ppmsca-05860 (45)
© Raggedy Ann & Andy and Associated Characters are Trademarks of Simon & Schuster
Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy, two beloved characters created by Johnny Gruelle (1880-1938), swim in a river with an elfin man. In 1915, Gruelle patented a doll, Raggedy Ann, shortly after the death of his beloved teenage daughter, Marcella. The popularity of both the doll and the imaginative adventure stories have continued to this day. Gruelle worked as an illustrator, political cartoonist, and comic strip creator for some of the best known periodicals of the day. Raggedy Ann, his most enduring character, was so popular that his brother Justin and teenage son Worth continued drawing and writing stories after Gruelle's untimely death. |