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eMuseum Works"Christmas a humbug, Uncle!" said Scrooge's nephew. "You don't mean that, I am sure!"

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"Christmas a humbug, Uncle!" said Scrooge's nephew. "You don't mean that, I am sure!"
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"Christmas a humbug, Uncle!" said Scrooge's nephew. "You don't mean that, I am sure!"
"Christmas a humbug, Uncle!" said Scrooge's nephew. "You don't mean that, I am sure!"
Frank C. Herbst
(American, 1861 - 1945)

"Christmas a humbug, Uncle!" said Scrooge's nephew. "You don't mean that, I am sure!"

Charcoal on illustration board
1918
22 × 14 1/4 in. (55.9 × 36.2 cm)
82.16.134
Gift of Jane Collette Wilcox, 1982
Not On View
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'Twas the Night before Christmas
'Twas the Night before Christmas
Jessie Willcox Smith
ca. 1912
She was in his arms with an inarticulate cry.
She was in his arms with an inarticulate cry.
N.C. Wyeth
1929
"She didn't come - she didn't come," he said over and over to himself. "She didn't come to see her old dad - and it's Christmas Day"
"She didn't come - she didn't come," he said over and over to himself. "She didn't come to see her old dad - and it's Christmas Day"
N.C. Wyeth
1914
caption: The present work prior to conservation treatment, 2007-2008.
"Sure, it's Professor Grid to the life!" he said admiringly.
N.C. Wyeth
1910
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
1887
"Four different sizes o' shoes," said Peter Smith. "Right," agreed Kilmair; "four hombres and one senorita. I don't think we'll be welcomed."
"Four different sizes o' shoes," said Peter Smith. "Right," agreed Kilmair; "four hombres and one senorita. I don't think we'll be welcomed."
N.C. Wyeth
1919
Said, in a tremulous voice, "Why don't you speak for yourself, John?"
Said, in a tremulous voice, "Why don't you speak for yourself, John?"
N.C. Wyeth
1920
"All right," he said harshly. "You understand that you are a prisoner here now, don't you?"
"All right," he said harshly. "You understand that you are a prisoner here now, don't you?"
N.C. Wyeth
1925
Hosea and the "Cruetin Sarjunt"
Hosea and the "Cruetin Sarjunt"
Howard Pyle
1904
"Oh, gentle knight," said la Belle Isolde, "full woe am I of thy departing"
"Oh, gentle knight," said la Belle Isolde, "full woe am I of thy departing"
N.C. Wyeth
1917
"I Take it I am the One Wanted," Said Williston.
"I Take it I am the One Wanted," Said Williston.
N.C. Wyeth
1907
"All the rest of it wouldn't have mattered without you," he said
"All the rest of it wouldn't have mattered without you," he said
Harvey T. Dunn
ca. 1917

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