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The encounter on Freshwater Cliff
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The encounter on Freshwater Cliff
The encounter on Freshwater Cliff
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)

The encounter on Freshwater Cliff

Oil on canvas
1920
40 5/8 × 30 1/4 in. (103.2 × 76.8 cm)
SUPP2000.1014
Private collection. ME
Not on view
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The Midnight Encounter Despiteful and terrible were the blows they gave and took by the moonlight. Agrican fought in a rage, Orlando was cooler
The Midnight Encounter Despiteful and terrible were the blows they gave and took by the moonlight. Agrican fought in a rage, Orlando was cooler
N.C. Wyeth
1924
The horse fell with his rider to the bottom of the cliff.
The horse fell with his rider to the bottom of the cliff.
N.C. Wyeth
1927
All day he hung round the cove, or upon the cliffs, with a brass telescope
All day he hung round the cove, or upon the cliffs, with a brass telescope
N.C. Wyeth
1911
Low Tide, Cliff Island, Maine
Low Tide, Cliff Island, Maine
Alfred Thompson Bricher
late 19th century
The Mysterious Island, untitled tailpiece (group of men on beach, at foot of cliffs)
The Mysterious Island, untitled tailpiece (group of men on beach, at foot of cliffs)
N.C. Wyeth
1918
The Mysterious Island, untitled tailpiece [cliff dwellers descending a ladder]
The Mysterious Island, untitled tailpiece [cliff dwellers descending a ladder]
N.C. Wyeth
1918
The Mysterious Island, untitled tailpiece [view of buildings on fire at top of cliff]
The Mysterious Island, untitled tailpiece [view of buildings on fire at top of cliff]
N.C. Wyeth
1918
Rocky Cliff
Rocky Cliff
Charles Lewis Fussell
1906
Salute to Adventurers, dust-jacket illustration
Salute to Adventurers, dust-jacket illustration
N.C. Wyeth
1930
The sweet strains of music . . . stole into the consciousness of the tired girl
The sweet strains of music . . . stole into the consciousness of the tired girl
N.C. Wyeth
1925
untitled (portrait of a cowboy)
untitled (portrait of a cowboy)
N.C. Wyeth
1908
Untitled (sketch of the family home, Chadds Ford)
Untitled (sketch of the family home, Chadds Ford)
N.C. Wyeth
ca. 1912 / 1915

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