first edition first reproduced as the front cover design for the Nonsense Almanack for 1900 [1899].
1899 · New York
by BURGESS (Gelette)
A fine original black and red ink drawing, it was also used as Frontispiece for More Goops (1903). With pencil annotations along the margins. Of particular significance is Burgess transcribes and replicates his most famous nonsense poem "The Purple Cow" in the background. (Inventory #: BBO17)