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Plate #21 | Here Tompkins hastens to implore | A moment's mercy and compassion | Since he beholds the Checkery Bore | Advance, roped up in corkscrew fashion.
Plate #21 | Here Tompkins hastens to implore | A moment's mercy and compassion | Since he beholds the Checkery Bore | Advance, roped up in corkscrew fashion.
Plate #21 | Here Tompkins hastens to implore | A moment's mercy and compassion | Since he beholds the Checkery Bore | Advance, roped up in corkscrew fashion.
(American, 1872 - 1938)

Plate #21 | Here Tompkins hastens to implore | A moment's mercy and compassion | Since he beholds the Checkery Bore | Advance, roped up in corkscrew fashion.

Watercolor and ink on illustration board
ca. 1915
11 1/8 × 14 1/8 in. (28.3 × 35.9 cm)
2005.15.21
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 #38 | Here ends our tale; here ends the Snake, | There is no sequel climax-capping | Except that Tompkins wide-awake | Vows nevermore to be caught napping.
Plate #38 | Here ends our tale; here ends the Snake, | There is no sequel climax-capping | Except that Tompkins wide-awake | Vows nevermore to be caught napping.
Royal Lacey Scoville
ca. 1915
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
Plate #33 | Unhappy Tompkins! Once again | He almost faints away, poor fellow! | Enough it is to turn his brain | When he perceives the fierce Mon'grello.
Plate #33 | Unhappy Tompkins! Once again | He almost faints away, poor fellow! | Enough it is to turn his brain | When he perceives the fierce Mon'grello.
Royal Lacey Scoville
ca. 1915
Captives When the pilot chosen for the task of guiding the canoe had taken his station, the whole band plunged again into the river, the vessel glided down the current and in a few moments the captives found themselves on the south bank of the stream.
Captives When the pilot chosen for the task of guiding the canoe had taken his station, the whole band plunged again into the river, the vessel glided down the current and in a few moments the captives found themselves on the south bank of the stream.
N.C. Wyeth
1919
Plate #19 | Here tangled in another loop | Are Wampuses of both Sexes; | And right behind the Chick-a-hoop | With circus stunts the mind perplexes.
Plate #19 | Here tangled in another loop | Are Wampuses of both Sexes; | And right behind the Chick-a-hoop | With circus stunts the mind perplexes.
Royal Lacey Scoville
ca. 1915
The Mysterious Island, untitled tailpiece [Mercy River]
The Mysterious Island, untitled tailpiece [Mercy River]
N.C. Wyeth
1918
Plate #31 | Best hasten to cover up your eyes | In case you happen to be scary, | For doubtless it would be unwise | To see the furious Gyro-dary.
Plate #31 | Best hasten to cover up your eyes | In case you happen to be scary, | For doubtless it would be unwise | To see the furious Gyro-dary.
Royal Lacey Scoville
ca. 1915
It was after this attack that the High Command published to the German army: "The moral effect of our own gunfire can not seriously impede the advance of the American Infantry."
It was after this attack that the High Command published to the German army: "The moral effect of our own gunfire can not seriously impede the advance of the American Infantry."
N.C. Wyeth
1930
Naaman's wife brought the little maid that he himself might hear her. A glow of conviction shines in her face. She knows this prophet of whom she speaks. With childish eagerness, her words tumbling over each other, she urges Naaman to implore his aid
Naaman's wife brought the little maid that he himself might hear her. A glow of conviction shines in her face. She knows this prophet of whom she speaks. With childish eagerness, her words tumbling over each other, she urges Naaman to implore his aid
N.C. Wyeth
1929
Prince Leo Presents Rogero to Charlemagne "Behold," Leo said, "The champion who maintained from dawn to setting sun the arduous contest; he comes to claim the guerdon of the fight"
Prince Leo Presents Rogero to Charlemagne
"Behold," Leo said, "The champion who maintained from dawn to setting sun the arduous contest; he comes to claim the guerdon of the fight"
N.C. Wyeth
1924
I implore you not to move.
I implore you not to move.
N.C. Wyeth
1915
"The advance was rapid, amazingly so . . . . A national vigor flowered afresh at Château-Thierry. . . . They outdistanced their artillery and supply trains. . . .in fact, they outstripped everything, including their commanders' calculations"
"The advance was rapid, amazingly so . . . . A national vigor flowered afresh at Château-Thierry. . . . They outdistanced their artillery and supply trains. . . .in fact, they outstripped everything, including their commanders' calculations"
N.C. Wyeth
1918