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"Mother, you sent me for a clothes-line--I've been delayed--but here it is"
"Mother, you sent me for a clothes-line--I've been delayed--but here it is"
"Mother, you sent me for a clothes-line--I've been delayed--but here it is"
(American, 1882 - 1945)

"Mother, you sent me for a clothes-line--I've been delayed--but here it is"

Oil on canvas
1909
dimensions unavailable
SUPP2000.1982
known by reproduction only
Not on view
Plate #25 | And now -- 'Tis hard to grasp the fact -- | The Snake with extra-ordinary | Good nature, does a clothes-line act | To please the plump Do-mesti-cary.
Plate #25 | And now -- 'Tis hard to grasp the fact -- | The Snake with extra-ordinary | Good nature, does a clothes-line act | To please the plump Do-mesti-cary.
Royal Lacey Scoville
ca. 1915
In the excitement we forgot to fetch Louise's clothes . . . won't you lend her some?
In the excitement we forgot to fetch Louise's clothes . . . won't you lend her some?
Frank E. Schoonover
1927
The Child "Whosoever shall receive this child in my name receiveth me: and whosoever shall receive me receiveth him that sent me: for he that is least among you all, the same shall be great." --Luke 9 : 48.
The Child "Whosoever shall receive this child in my name receiveth me: and whosoever shall receive me receiveth him that sent me: for he that is least among you all, the same shall be great." --Luke 9 : 48.
N.C. Wyeth
1923
His queer shabby clothes, his big stooping frame, his sad black eyes, absent almost to vacancy.
His queer shabby clothes, his big stooping frame, his sad black eyes, absent almost to vacancy.
N.C. Wyeth
1910
"I've promised you I would. I will promise every time you ask me."
"I've promised you I would. I will promise every time you ask me."
N.C. Wyeth
1915
"But, Father, I can't go to Rob without clothes, like a beggar girl. I wish I were dead"
"But, Father, I can't go to Rob without clothes, like a beggar girl. I wish I were dead"
N.C. Wyeth
1914
Yes. I've always been crazy over pictures! Did you know I did china painting as a girl?
Yes. I've always been crazy over pictures! Did you know I did china painting as a girl?
Barbara Shermund
ca. 1925
Plate #15 | Then balanced on its powerful tail, | (The feat is awkward, but -- no matter) | Behold the High-browed Cubin-gale, | Much like a Clothes-horse on a platter.
Plate #15 | Then balanced on its powerful tail, | (The feat is awkward, but -- no matter) | Behold the High-browed Cubin-gale, | Much like a Clothes-horse on a platter.
Royal Lacey Scoville
ca. 1915
"I'm not going," Randall told the men in the overcrowded boat. "I'll stick here and when you get to San Francisco ask Cappy Ricks to send a tug out to look for me."
"I'm not going," Randall told the men in the overcrowded boat. "I'll stick here and when you get to San Francisco ask Cappy Ricks to send a tug out to look for me."
N.C. Wyeth
1923
"See here Harjes, don't you ask me to do any of your dirty work--because I won't do it!"
"See here Harjes, don't you ask me to do any of your dirty work--because I won't do it!"
N.C. Wyeth
1913
The enemy had re-formed the line and bounded forward as if thrown by a spring. Richard had thrown the helmet over the Saracens' heads. "Look at me!"
The enemy had re-formed the line and bounded forward as if thrown by a spring. Richard had thrown the helmet over the Saracens' heads. "Look at me!"
N.C. Wyeth
1931
"The plan is to have your cavalry cut a hole through the Confederate lines, and for me to slip through it . . . put me across to-night and I'll be in Richmond day after to-morrow"
"The plan is to have your cavalry cut a hole through the Confederate lines, and for me to slip through it . . . put me across to-night and I'll be in Richmond day after to-morrow"
N.C. Wyeth
1912