The account between us is too long to wait for daylight.
Date1917
Artist
Arthur E. Becher
(American artist and illustrator, 1877–1960)
Illustration Citation"Stranded in Arcady," by Francis Lynde, in Scribner's Magazine, June 1917
MediumGouache and watercolor on illustration board
Dimensionscomposition: 15 3/16 × 11 7/16 in. (38.6 × 29.1 cm)
sheet: 29 3/4 × 21 13/16 in. (75.6 × 55.4 cm)
sheet: 29 3/4 × 21 13/16 in. (75.6 × 55.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of the estate of Frieda Becher, 1971
Object number1971-93
On View
Not on viewClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextThe plot of Stranded in Arcady depends on the coincidence that New York writer Donald Prime and Ohio teacher Lucetta Millington - strangers to each other - are kidnapped and abandoned in the Canadian lake country to prevent them from inheriting their family fortunes. They learn how to survive in the wilderness, fall in love and are eventually rescued to live happily ever after. In this scene, Donald is enraged at the man he thinks responsible for their predicament. The story was made into a movie in 1917.
