He Looked Round for His Gun

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An old man with a long beard and tattered clothes wakes up outdoors and checks his head and his gun

He looked round for his gun, but in place of the clean well-oiled fowling-piece, he found an old firelock lying by him, the barrel encrusted with rust.

(P. 65.)

Artist

Name:: Boughton, George Henry
Dates:: 1833-1905
Country:: US

Illustration

Subject:: People
Technique:: Wood Engraving
Engraver:: Spielmeyer, Wilhelm
Format:: Landscape (wider)
Source:: The New York Public Library, the Internet Archive

Book

Title:: Rip Van Winkle; and, The legend of Sleepy Hollow
Author:: Irving, Washington
Publisher:: London, New York: Macmillan and Co., 1907
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Description:

An old man with a long gray beard and tattered clothes wakes up in the forest and, while still sitting, grabs hold of his rifle and checks his head.

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