I gave her a lesson but the customary pepper, as you would say, was somehow lacking.

I gave her a lesson but the customary pepper, as you would say, was somehow lacking.
I gave her a lesson but the customary pepper, as you would say, was somehow lacking.

I gave her a lesson but the customary pepper, as you would say, was somehow lacking.

Date1915
Artist (American illustrator, 1878–1938)
Illustration Citation"In Pursuit of Hicks," by George Pattullo, in The Saturday Evening Post, November 6, 1915.
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions23 3/8 × 29 1/4 in. (59.4 × 74.3 cm)
frame: 31 1/2 x 37 3/8 in. (80 x 94.9 cm)
Credit LineF. V. du Pont Acquisition Fund, 1985
Object number1985-16
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPAINTING
Label TextAt one point in his career, when William H. D. Koerner still had to take all assignments to make a living, he lamented having to illustrate "pink tea stories," the fiction aimed at female readers. This scene is from such a romantic tale. A French-Canadian who has finally found work out West agrees to give French lessons to his boss's wife. Koerner captures a moment when--as the lady looks fetchingly at him--the man fears that her husband is approaching.
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