Soak Bet Fetish, Page 124.
Eshley had painted a successful and acceptable picture of cattle drowsing picturesquely under walnut trees, and as he had begun, so, of necessity, he went on. His 'Noontide Peace,' a study of two dun cows under a walnut tree, was followed by 'A Mid-Day Sanctuary,' a study of a walnut tree, with two dun cows under it. In due succession there came 'Where The Gad-Flies Cease From Troubling,' 'The Haven Of The Herd,' and 'A Dream In Dairyland,' studies of walnut trees and dun cows. His two attempts to break away from his own tradition were signal failures: 'Turtle Doves Alarmed By Sparrow-Hawk' and 'Wolves On The Roman Campagna' came back to his studio in the guise of abominable heresies, and Eshley climbed back into grace and the public gaze with 'A Shaded Nook Where Drowsy Milkers Dream'.
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