Nikky's resistance to search, with the revolver so close, was short-lived.

Nikky's resistance to search, with the revolver so close, was short-lived.
Nikky's resistance to search, with the revolver so close, was short-lived.

Nikky's resistance to search, with the revolver so close, was short-lived.

Date1917
Artist (American artist and illustrator, 1877–1960)
Illustration Citation"Long Live the King," by Mary Roberts Rinehart, in Everybody's Magazine, April 1917
MediumCrayon, gouache, and ink wash on illustration board
Dimensionscomposition: 22 3/8 × 15 1/2 in. (56.8 × 39.4 cm)
sheet: 24 9/16 × 17 9/16 in. (62.4 × 44.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of the estate of Frieda Becher, 1971
Object number1971-75
On View
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ClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextNikky Larisch, a young military man assigned as companion and guard to the Prince, engages in some espionage with violent results.
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