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The Queen's Twin
Return to "The Coon Dog"The illustrator is Arthur Burdett Frost (1851-1928). Born in Philadelphia, Frost was primarily self-taught, but studied and worked in London. Perhaps his best-known work was as illustrator for Uncle Remus, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, and Mr. Dooley. (Source: Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors, and Engravers). Illustrations for "The Coon Dog"
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'Bijah Topliff
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Title illustration
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"I guess you'll see a coon."
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The Great Night of the Coon-hunt
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"I got up myself to let Tiger in."