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

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

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

Date1917
Artist (American artist and illustrator, 1877–1960)
Illustration Citation"The Love Winds of Port O'Flowers," by Henry Oyen, in Everybody's Magazine, February 1918
MediumCrayon, graphite, and gouache on illustration board
Dimensions21 3/4 × 29 3/4 in. (55.2 × 75.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of the estate of Frieda Becher, 1971
Object number1971-94
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextThe narrator - sailor Harper Lea - has docked at Port O'Flowers in the Pacific islands and strikes a pose to ensure that a woman he admires should observe his well-developed physique.

Everybody's Magazine was founded by Philadelphia merchant John Wanamaker.
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