"I'll die, this is so wonderful," Emmett thought, "the look of her, the being here together."

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© Artist or Publisher
"I'll die, this is so wonderful," Emmett thought, "the look of her, the being here together."
© Artist or Publisher. Photograph and digital image © Delaware Art Museum. Not for reproduction or publication.

"I'll die, this is so wonderful," Emmett thought, "the look of her, the being here together."

Date1946
Artist (American illustrator, 1892–1959)
Illustration Citation"Time of Learning," by Jessamyn West, in The Ladies' Home Journal, March 1946.
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions22 × 36 in. (55.9 × 91.4 cm)
frame: 26 × 40 in. (66 × 101.6 cm)
Credit LineAcquisition Fund, 1989
Object number1989-78
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPAINTING
Label TextIn this story, a rural house painter is so entranced by a woman's beauty that he decides to paint her portrait.






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