Skip to main content
He rode away, following a dim trail among the sage
He rode away, following a dim trail among the sage
He rode away, following a dim trail among the sage
(American, 1882 - 1945)

He rode away, following a dim trail among the sage

Oil on canvas
1909
38 1/8 × 25 in. (96.8 × 63.5 cm)
SUPP2000.749
Estate of Sidney A. Lenger, Jr.
Not on view
Following the trail itself, Whispering Smith rode slowly.
Following the trail itself, Whispering Smith rode slowly.
N.C. Wyeth
1906
Dropping one of the sage-hens I asked the man behind me to pick it up. As he was groping for it I pulled one of my Colt's revolvers, and hit him over the head. He dropped senseless. // "Wheeling about I saw that the other man, hearing the fall, had turned, his hand upon his revolver. It was no time for argument. I fired and killed him."
Dropping one of the sage-hens I asked the man behind me to pick it up. As he was groping for it I pulled one of my Colt's revolvers, and hit him over the head. He dropped senseless. // "Wheeling about I saw that the other man, hearing the fall, had turned, his hand upon his revolver. It was no time for argument. I fired and killed him."
N.C. Wyeth
1916
Somewhere at some dim time he and this girl, as yet unnamed to him, had been indissolubly united.
Somewhere at some dim time he and this girl, as yet unnamed to him, had been indissolubly united.
N.C. Wyeth
1928
Far Off a Voice Said, "All Right, Slim, Hop Him!" Then There Were Dim Cries of "Sock It to Him! . . ."
Far Off a Voice Said, "All Right, Slim, Hop Him!" Then There Were Dim Cries of "Sock It to Him! . . ."
N.C. Wyeth
1925
Captain Flood Never had time to follow Scripteh much, what with following the sea. But I respects a man that does
Captain Flood
Never had time to follow Scripteh much, what with following the sea. But I respects a man that does
N.C. Wyeth
ca. 1928
".... and preferred making friends among the rising generation, with whom he grew into great favor."
".... and preferred making friends among the rising generation, with whom he grew into great favor."
N.C. Wyeth
1921
"He falls to buckin' sincere and conscientious up there among the benches"
"He falls to buckin' sincere and conscientious up there among the benches"
N.C. Wyeth
1904
The Child "Whosoever shall receive this child in my name receiveth me: and whosoever shall receive me receiveth him that sent me: for he that is least among you all, the same shall be great." --Luke 9 : 48.
The Child "Whosoever shall receive this child in my name receiveth me: and whosoever shall receive me receiveth him that sent me: for he that is least among you all, the same shall be great." --Luke 9 : 48.
N.C. Wyeth
1923
The Renegade Monk "By the black rood of Waltham!" he roared, "if any knave among you lays a finger-end upon the edge of my gown, I will crush his skull like a filbert!"
The Renegade Monk
"By the black rood of Waltham!" he roared, "if any knave among you lays a finger-end upon the edge of my gown, I will crush his skull like a filbert!"
N.C. Wyeth
1922
He rode his way with the queen unto Joyous Gard
He rode his way with the queen unto Joyous Gard
N.C. Wyeth
1917
And She Cast Her Arms about Him, and at Once They Rode Away
And She Cast Her Arms about Him, and at Once They Rode Away
Louis John Rhead
ca. 1898
A boy spoke. "The camels the wise men rode -- what color were they?" Jesus smiled, remembering that this was the question he, himself, had asked in Nazareth
A boy spoke. "The camels the wise men rode -- what color were they?" Jesus smiled, remembering that this was the question he, himself, had asked in Nazareth
N.C. Wyeth
1931