DISCIPLINE IN THE OLDEN TIME
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Discipline in the Olden Time

Roland Folger Coffin (American, 1826–1888)

1878

Medium
Printed in black ink on paper
Classification
Ephemera
Dimensions
30.2 × 23.5 cm (11 7/8 × 9 1/4 in.)
Culture
USA
Museum
Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Credit line
Bequest of Erskine Hewitt
Rights
CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Teens profiles and older: its museum says too little about what it shows to place it for younger viewers. How works are placed

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About this work

Short story from “Archibald the Cat, and Other Sea Yarns,” about a sailor retelling memories of him and old friend.