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We Saw Poor Harriet Also Turn to Him, and We Judged That She, as Well as Her Mother, Was Begging Him to Go
We Saw Poor Harriet Also Turn to Him, and We Judged That She, as Well as Her Mother, Was Begging Him to Go
We Saw Poor Harriet Also Turn to Him, and We Judged That She, as Well as Her Mother, Was Begging Him to Go
(American, 1858 - 1932)

We Saw Poor Harriet Also Turn to Him, and We Judged That She, as Well as Her Mother, Was Begging Him to Go

Watercolor on illustration board
1898
15 5/8 × 24 7/8 in. (39.7 × 63.2 cm)
82.16.257
Gift of Jane Collette Wilcox, 1982
The Woman in Business
The Woman in Business
Alice Barber Stephens
1897
Like a Flock of Tame Pigeons,They Perched on His Arm and His Cap
Like a Flock of Tame Pigeons,They Perched on His Arm and His Cap
Alice Barber Stephens
1904
Portrait Sketch of Charlotte Harding
Portrait Sketch of Charlotte Harding
Alice Barber Stephens
May 17, 1900
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
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 #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
"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
Plate #5 | Another coil enclosed the frame | Of one who danced a queer fandango, | A freak that always signs her name | Like this; Ma'm'selle Oran-go-Tango.
Plate #5 | Another coil enclosed the frame | Of one who danced a queer fandango, | A freak that always signs her name | Like this; Ma'm'selle Oran-go-Tango.
Royal Lacey Scoville
ca. 1915
"Just out," says Sir Henry. "In fact, we don't keep it. Try a lemon soda. The Mexican pointed his finger at him. "If you have no whiskey," says he, "go out and get some."
"Just out," says Sir Henry. "In fact, we don't keep it. Try a lemon soda. The Mexican pointed his finger at him. "If you have no whiskey," says he, "go out and get some."
N.C. Wyeth
1912
Clothed Him in Lincoln Green
Clothed Him in Lincoln Green
Ernest H. Shepard
1961
Plate #17 | Next all tied up and fierce to view | (Observe the way his head he tosses) | We have the Chinese Spot-a-roo, | Which feeds on mandarins and josses.
Plate #17 | Next all tied up and fierce to view | (Observe the way his head he tosses) | We have the Chinese Spot-a-roo, | Which feeds on mandarins and josses.
Royal Lacey Scoville
ca. 1915
Plate #26 | Here laboring to wheel across | His bright young Hopeful in a barrow | We see the stern Sham-poot-er-os, | To tell whose deeds would freeze your marrow.
Plate #26 | Here laboring to wheel across | His bright young Hopeful in a barrow | We see the stern Sham-poot-er-os, | To tell whose deeds would freeze your marrow.
Royal Lacey Scoville
ca. 1915