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)
frame: 32 5/8 × 22 5/8 in. (82.9 × 57.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Frank Eaton True, 2005
Object number2005-11
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPAINTING
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.
Gayle Porter Hoskins
1925
