Subject Keywords: allegory, American Studies, animals, dogs, religions, sex role, shipwrecks, social classes, temptation
Signatures / Inscriptions: Inscribed in block, lower left: “F. Beard”; signed in block, lower right: “C. MAYER SC.”; printed below image: “THE PATH OF PLEASURE”; adhered to back page of issue: small piece of colored paper printed “(6) W G Atwater Jun 75” [distributor or retailer’s stock-aging slip?]
Edition: Front cover illustration for “The Illustrated Christian Weekly” (New York: American Tract Society) vol. 5, no. 22, Saturday 29 May 1875; publication editor Lyman Abbott; in DAC Collection with complete issue as image context, including an accompanying article at p. 254
Associated People: Created by C. Mayer (American, active 19th century), After Frank Beard (American (probably), active 19th century)
Accession Number: 2001.14.11
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