"I am dying, Egypt, dying," said King, "dying of love -- and tropical fever."

"I am dying, Egypt, dying," said King, "dying of love -- and tropical fever."
"I am dying, Egypt, dying," said King, "dying of love -- and tropical fever."

"I am dying, Egypt, dying," said King, "dying of love -- and tropical fever."

Date1917
Artist (American artist and illustrator, 1877–1960)
Illustration CitationFor “The Love Winds of Port O'Flowers", by Henry Oyen, in Everybody's Magazine, February 1918. Not included in published story.
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions23 5/8 × 17 7/8 in. (60 × 45.4 cm)
frame: 24 1/2 × 18 3/4 in. (62.2 × 47.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of the estate of Frieda Becher, 1971
Object number1971-55
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPAINTING
Label TextThe wealthy King Gray parodies the Roman general Antony from Shakespeare's "Antony and Cleopatra," pretending to suffer from the heat while his wife looks on skeptically. This illustration was not reproduced in the story.
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