Nikky, you are going to take me away, aren't you?

Nikky, you are going to take me away, aren't you?

Nikky, you are going to take me away, aren't you?

Date1917

Artist Arthur E. Becher (American artist and illustrator, 1877–1960)

Illustration Citation"Long Live the King," by Mary Roberts Rinehart, in Everybody's Magazine, September 1917

MediumCrayon on illustration board

Dimensionscomposition: 20 × 13 3/16 in. (50.8 × 33.5 cm)
sheet: 22 5/16 × 15 1/2 in. (56.7 × 39.4 cm)

Credit LineGift of the estate of Frieda Becher, 1971

Object number1971-87

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ClassificationsDRAWING

Label TextIn this romantic fiction, a heroic army officer has fallen in love with a princess who is promised to the king of the neighboring nation. Conflicted at first, she ultimately determines to marry the man of her choice rather than submit to a dynastic union.

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She left off counting and looked at me, and I took particular care she should see my arm.

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Profile view of young woman with hair bow at back of neck

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