Sketch for a cartoon for cotton printing:The Arts [Les Arts], Hartmann et Fils, (Munster, France), Pen and ink on cream-colored paper, Joined horizontally with 1898-21-26A. Two parallel panels, separated by strips indicated to bear fantastic leaves place in alternating sequence, shown in the 'style chinois': upper left, two mandarins seated on a bench under a canopy at the top of a flight of crooked steps, the one playing a lute and the other holding a book in his lap, musical instruments on the ground and a dancing figure at the bottom of the steps (symbolizing Music); lower left: a mandarin

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