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I'm just going to swing the light away from the coal bin when I spy the lock on the door of it
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N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
I'm just going to swing the light away from the coal bin when I spy the lock on the door of it
Oil on canvas
1919
20 × 14 1/4 in. (50.8 × 36.2 cm)
SUPP2000.1634
Private collection, CT
Not on view
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"God's light! I'll question him: ay, and wring an answer from him if I have to put a length of whipcord round his temples! Now go your way," the governor informed him
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