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Plate #2 | Poor Tom began to whine and shake | When with his spells the Wizard bound him | And set on him a monstrous snake | Which coiled its ugly self around him.
Plate #2 | Poor Tom began to whine and shake | When with his spells the Wizard bound him | And set on him a monstrous snake | Which coiled its ugly self around him.
Plate #2 | Poor Tom began to whine and shake | When with his spells the Wizard bound him | And set on him a monstrous snake | Which coiled its ugly self around him.
(American, 1872 - 1938)

Plate #2 | Poor Tom began to whine and shake | When with his spells the Wizard bound him | And set on him a monstrous snake | Which coiled its ugly self around him.

Watercolor and ink on illustration board
ca. 1915
11 1/8 × 14 1/8 in. (28.3 × 35.9 cm)
2005.15.2
Dedicated to the memory of Eleanore Shannon Scoville Wells, daughter of Royal Lacy Scoville, gift of Jonathan Godfrey Wells III and Peter Scoville Wells Sr., 2005
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Plate #1 | While nodding in his hard old chair | Tom Tompkins had a dream most shocking. | The Wizard Tumblebug came there | And frightened him with laughter mocking.
Plate #1 | While nodding in his hard old chair | Tom Tompkins had a dream most shocking. | The Wizard Tumblebug came there | And frightened him with laughter mocking.
Royal Lacey Scoville
ca. 1915
We Saw Poor Harriet Also Turn to Him, and We Judged That She, as Well as Her Mother, Was Begging Him to Go
We Saw Poor Harriet Also Turn to Him, and We Judged That She, as Well as Her Mother, Was Begging Him to Go
Alice Barber Stephens
1898
All day, held spell-bound by this wonderful sight, the hermit crouched in the shadow of the rocks.
All day, held spell-bound by this wonderful sight, the hermit crouched in the shadow of the rocks.
N.C. Wyeth
1910
The sun beat down upon him. The dry, white dust beat up around him. The girl sagged and lolled on his shoulder
The sun beat down upon him. The dry, white dust beat up around him. The girl sagged and lolled on his shoulder
N.C. Wyeth
1916
"Stick to him, little un," shouted Tom.
"Stick to him, little un," shouted Tom.
N.C. Wyeth
1930 / 1931
He turned over and crawled around back of the bush, trying to make a wide circle around the fire. The bullets followed him
He turned over and crawled around back of the bush, trying to make a wide circle around the fire. The bullets followed him
N.C. Wyeth
1912
Saw Him Set Adrift in a Canoe Without a Paddle
Saw Him Set Adrift in a Canoe Without a Paddle
N.C. Wyeth
1907
The Slave Boy Then, at length, when all were peacefully feeding, he sat down upon a grassy hummock and looked around him, sad, lonely, vindictive.
The Slave Boy
Then, at length, when all were peacefully feeding, he sat down upon a grassy hummock and looked around him, sad, lonely, vindictive.
N.C. Wyeth
1912
But Sir Henry never stopped. He kept right on. When he reached the top step he braced his foot on it and gave a mighty spring and caught the Greaser around the waist and swung him clean out of the saddle.
But Sir Henry never stopped. He kept right on. When he reached the top step he braced his foot on it and gave a mighty spring and caught the Greaser around the waist and swung him clean out of the saddle.
N.C. Wyeth
1912
Image Not Available for But the Parrot's big grip closed quietly around his wrist and pinioned him
But the Parrot's big grip closed quietly around his wrist and pinioned him
N.C. Wyeth
1916
"Doc, he walks up to Old Pinto, and has a look at him, frontways, sideways and all around"
"Doc, he walks up to Old Pinto, and has a look at him, frontways, sideways and all around"
N.C. Wyeth
1904
Sketchbook: Snake Series #2
Sketchbook: Snake Series #2
Royal Lacey Scoville
1915