She Tied My Boat to the North Star

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A boy is sitting in a boat rocked by the waves and stares 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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A boy is sitting in a boat rocked by the waves, staring at the sky with his hands around his legs as the full moon can be seen almost filling the entire background.

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