You were in trouble, weren't you?

© SEPS: Curtis Publishing, Indianapolis, IN. Photograph and digital image © Delaware Art Museum…
© SEPS: Curtis Publishing, Indianapolis, IN.
You were in trouble, weren't you?
© SEPS: Curtis Publishing, Indianapolis, IN. Photograph and digital image © Delaware Art Museum. Not for reproduction or publication.

You were in trouble, weren't you?

Date1934
Artist (American illustrator, 1878–1966)
Illustration Citation"Trouble Shooter," by Clarence Buddington Kelland, in The Saturday Evening Post, August 23, 1934
MediumCharcoal on paper
Dimensionscomposition: 25 15/16 × 18 15/16 in. (65.9 × 48.1 cm)
Credit LineF. V. du Pont Acquisition Fund, 1984
Object number1984-7
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ClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextIn this story, a young man trying to find his purpose in life engages in witty repartee with a woman he meets on a train, who tells him of her family problems. After he impetuously agrees to help her, the ensuing plot leads them into love and marriage.
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