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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.
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.
(American, 1872 - 1938)

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.

Watercolor and ink on illustration board
ca. 1915
11 1/8 × 14 1/8 in. (28.3 × 35.9 cm)
2005.15.25
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
Plate #37 | And fitly bringing up the rear | And spoiling for a fight, by jingo! - | We find the bird that all men fear | The Saw-toothed, Fan-tailed Casso-wingo.
Plate #37 | And fitly bringing up the rear | And spoiling for a fight, by jingo! - | We find the bird that all men fear | The Saw-toothed, Fan-tailed Casso-wingo.
Royal Lacey Scoville
ca. 1915
Plate #12 | From Mexico the next one hails. | 'Tis next of kin to General Villa. | Along with him in tragic tales | 'Tis mentioned as the Valentilla.
Plate #12 | From Mexico the next one hails. | 'Tis next of kin to General Villa. | Along with him in tragic tales | 'Tis mentioned as the Valentilla.
Royal Lacey Scoville
ca. 1915
Plate #11 | And this uncanny object which | Strives awkwardly along to potter | Is Russian. 'Tis the Dot-sko-vich, | Which in plain English means the Dotter.
Plate #11 | And this uncanny object which | Strives awkwardly along to potter | Is Russian. 'Tis the Dot-sko-vich, | Which in plain English means the Dotter.
Royal Lacey Scoville
ca. 1915
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
Ninth Commandment: Bear not false witness—that is low—but “hear ‘tis rumored so and so”
Ninth Commandment: Bear not false witness—that is low—but “hear ‘tis rumored so and so”
Peter Paone
1963
Plate #36 | Here Cary-at-ides obese, uphold, | (This way they earn their boodle) | A beast of most ungainly mold, | The gentle, twisted Por-cun-oodle.
Plate #36 | Here Cary-at-ides obese, uphold, | (This way they earn their boodle) | A beast of most ungainly mold, | The gentle, twisted Por-cun-oodle.
Royal Lacey Scoville
ca. 1915
Plate #20 | And look at these hot sports, All three | Are hummers - we might call them Whoopers. | 'Tis evident that they must be | The swift Se-wick-leyian - Loop-the-loopers.
Plate #20 | And look at these hot sports, All three | Are hummers - we might call them Whoopers. | 'Tis evident that they must be | The swift Se-wick-leyian - Loop-the-loopers.
Royal Lacey Scoville
ca. 1915
Plate #8 | Behind him, skipping on its toes, | (Please do not ask me where its face is) | The Polynesian Wig-wag shows | A ballet dancer's airs and graces.
Plate #8 | Behind him, skipping on its toes, | (Please do not ask me where its face is) | The Polynesian Wig-wag shows | A ballet dancer's airs and graces.
Royal Lacey Scoville
ca. 1915
Plate #10 | This weird crustacean, grinning so, | Seems careless of what may befall him. | The Corrugated Bingalo | Is what the nature fakers call him.
Plate #10 | This weird crustacean, grinning so, | Seems careless of what may befall him. | The Corrugated Bingalo | Is what the nature fakers call him.
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 attraction of angling for all ages of man, . . . lies in its uncertainty. 'Tis an affair of luck
The attraction of angling for all ages of man, . . . lies in its uncertainty. 'Tis an affair of luck
N.C. Wyeth
1919
"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"
N.C. Wyeth
1909