PEGGY BACON (1895-1987) "Particularly afraid of each other on Fridays..." Illustration published on page 45 of Mount Allegro: A Memoir of Italian American Life by Jerre Mangione (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1942). Pen and ink on onionskin paper. 152x100 mm; 6x4 inches, on 11x9-inch sheet. Initialed "P. B." in lower right image, captioned in graphite in lower margin. Tipped to board; matted.
The abbreviated caption is taken from the full published sentence that reads: "The two old ladies were particularly afraid of each other on Fridays because that was the day when the Devil operated most efficiently."
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