SMITH, E. BOYD. "Mistaken Nature." Original pen and ink drawing for a border illustration in Chicken World, published New York, [1910]. 3 11/16 x 9 3/8 in. (9.4 x 23.8 cm.) sheet size, one corner with slight chip; matted. The handwritten caption in the upper margin was presumably supplied by Smith.

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SMITH, E. BOYD. "Mistaken Nature." Original pen and ink drawing for a border illustration in Chicken World, published New York, [1910]. 3 11/16 x 9 3/8 in. (9.4 x 23.8 cm.) sheet size, one corner with slight chip; matted. The handwritten caption in the upper margin was presumably supplied by Smith.

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The illustration shows the surprise of a hen and rooster upon finding ducklings among their hatching offspring. Chicken World was one of Smith's most sucessful books.

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