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I am Captain John Mackra ("I am Captain John Mackra," Said I, and I Sat Down upon the Gunwale of the Boat)
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I am Captain John Mackra ("I am Captain John Mackra," Said I, and I Sat Down upon the Gunwale of the Boat)
I am Captain John Mackra ("I am Captain John Mackra," Said I, and I Sat Down upon the Gunwale of the Boat)
Howard Pyle
(American, 1853 - 1911)

I am Captain John Mackra ("I am Captain John Mackra," Said I, and I Sat Down upon the Gunwale of the Boat)

Watercolor on paper
1887
10 × 15 5/8 in. (25.4 × 39.7 cm)
2007.11.69
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Howard P. Brokaw, 2007
Not on view
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When you take that down, Sabra honey, you'll be the editor of this newspaper. Until you do that I am.
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