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They Were a Hard Looking Set
They Were a Hard Looking Set
They Were a Hard Looking Set
(American, 1861 - 1909)

They Were a Hard Looking Set

Ink on paper
1887
10 1/8 × 12 15/16 in. (25.7 × 32.9 cm)
89.7
Gift of Catherine Auchincloss, 1989
Not on view
Study for "Turn Him Loose, Bill!"
Study for "Turn Him Loose, Bill!"
Frederic Remington
1893
The Canadian Mounted Police on a "Musical Ride" - "Charge!"
The Canadian Mounted Police on a "Musical Ride" - "Charge!"
Frederic Remington
1887
Untitled (desert scene)
Untitled (desert scene)
Frederic Roderigo Gruger
n.d.
The Chant Was Like the Broken Breathing of an Inconceivable Animal
The Chant Was Like the Broken Breathing of an Inconceivable Animal
Frederic Roderigo Gruger
1927
Man and Three Daughters | Aglaia, Recalling Patti's Triumphs, Dreamed of Opera.
Man and Three Daughters | Aglaia, Recalling Patti's Triumphs, Dreamed of Opera.
Frederic Roderigo Gruger
1915
"War Is the Only Chance for a Poor Man," He Laughed.
"War Is the Only Chance for a Poor Man," He Laughed.
Frederic Roderigo Gruger
1927
The Wrestling Match at the "Pied Merlin" It would have been hard that night, through the whole length of England, to set up a finer pair in face of each other.
The Wrestling Match at the "Pied Merlin"
It would have been hard that night, through the whole length of England, to set up a finer pair in face of each other.
N.C. Wyeth
1922
"From an upper snow platform to which the hard blocks were thrown, a second man heaved them over the bank."
"From an upper snow platform to which the hard blocks were thrown, a second man heaved them over the bank."
N.C. Wyeth
1906
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.
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 #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
Plate #6 | The burly brute of vicious breed | Which follows is not hard to label. | It is the Wall-eyed Hex-a-pede | With legs from someone's parlor table.
Plate #6 | The burly brute of vicious breed | Which follows is not hard to label. | It is the Wall-eyed Hex-a-pede | With legs from someone's parlor table.
Royal Lacey Scoville
ca. 1915