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I Do Not Know the Answer to that Riddle
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I Do Not Know the Answer to that Riddle
I Do Not Know the Answer to that Riddle
Harrison Cady
(American, 1877 - 1970)

I Do Not Know the Answer to that Riddle

Ink and watercolor on paper
1907
14 1/4 × 10 1/4 in. (36.2 × 26 cm)
82.16.25
Gift of Jane Collette Wilcox, 1982
Not on view
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The Skating Season Opens at Tinkham's Corner
The Skating Season Opens at Tinkham's Corner
Harrison Cady
1919
"Have you called on Johnny Chuck at his new home yet?" asked Sammy Jay
"Have you called on Johnny Chuck at his new home yet?" asked Sammy Jay
Harrison Cady
ca. 1922
Swallow's Chubby Body Shot Squarely through the Opening
Swallow's Chubby Body Shot Squarely through the Opening
Harrison Fisher
1904
Yes. I've always been crazy over pictures! Did you know I did china painting as a girl?
Yes. I've always been crazy over pictures! Did you know I did china painting as a girl?
Barbara Shermund
ca. 1925
Lion and Lamb Having Dinner
Lion and Lamb Having Dinner
Bert N. Salg
n.d.
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
A Famous Case
A Famous Case
Reginald Bathurst Birch
ca. 1902
Queen Elizabeth I--For Months Elizabeth Is Imprisoned in the Tower
Queen Elizabeth I--For Months Elizabeth Is Imprisoned in the Tower
Frank Godwin
1929
"How do I look, Grandma?" "Very Nice, Dear." "NICE!"
"How do I look, Grandma?" "Very Nice, Dear." "NICE!"
Barbara Shermund
ca. 1928
"At first, for some time, I was not able to answer him one word; but as he had taken me in his arms, I held fast by him, or I should have fallen to the ground"
"At first, for some time, I was not able to answer him one word; but as he had taken me in his arms, I held fast by him, or I should have fallen to the ground"
N.C. Wyeth
1920
I'm Engaged
I'm Engaged
George Benjamin Luks
n.d.
"God's light! I'll question him: ay, and wring an answer from him if I have to put a length of whipcord round his temples! Now go your way," the governor informed him
"God's light! I'll question him: ay, and wring an answer from him if I have to put a length of whipcord round his temples! Now go your way," the governor informed him
N.C. Wyeth
ca. 1928

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