She Tied My Boat to the North Star

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A boy sits in a small boat lifting gently at the bow, gazing at the sky

She tied my boat to the North Star so I would not grow up while she was gone.

Artist

Name:: Walker, Dugald Stewart
Dates:: 1883-1937
Country:: US

Illustration

Subject:: People
Technique:: Color Process
Format:: Landscape (wider)
Source:: The New York Public Library, the Internet Archive

Book

Title:: Dream boats and other stories
Author:: Walker, Dugald Stewart
Publisher:: Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1920
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Description:

A boy sits in a small boat whose prow pitches slightly upward on the swell, gazing skyward with his arms wrapped around his knees as a full moon dominates the sky behind him.

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