The less you count, the longer you'll live

The less you count, the longer you'll live
The less you count, the longer you'll live

The less you count, the longer you'll live

Date1907
Illustration CitationThe Orphan, by Clarence E. Mulford (New York: The Outing Publishing Company, 1908) Caption under the illustration reads "'The less you count, the longer you'll live,' said Shields."
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions30 x 20 in. (76.2 x 50.8 cm)
frame: 32 5/8 × 22 5/8 in. (82.9 × 57.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Frank Eaton True, 2005
Object number2005-11
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ClassificationsPAINTING
Label TextA native of Colorado, True returned there after his studies with Howard Pyle and worked as a muralist and illustrator. His images captured the hardship, adventure, and violence of the American West, set against its evocative light and long vistas.

Novelist Clarence Edward Mulford (1883-1956) was creator of the 20 stories featuring Hopalong Cassidy. The Orphan was made into movie in 1925 starring Tom Mix. The plot involves a man who, while searching for his parents' murderer, falls in love with a sheriff's daughter.
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