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Softly and swiftly Chad's fingers worked.
Softly and swiftly Chad's fingers worked.
Softly and swiftly Chad's fingers worked.
(American, 1882 - 1945)

Softly and swiftly Chad's fingers worked.

Oil on canvas
1930 / 1931
34 1/4 × 25 1/16 in. (87 × 63.7 cm)
SUPP2000.703
The Andrew and Betsy Wyeth Collection
Not on view
Chads' Ford Barbershop sign
Chads' Ford Barbershop sign
N.C. Wyeth
by 1926
Back and forth across it we went, twisting, straining, holding our strength, each striving to break the grip of the other's fingers on his wrist. I felt his breath upon my face, saw his cold eyes like blue fire burning me.
Back and forth across it we went, twisting, straining, holding our strength, each striving to break the grip of the other's fingers on his wrist. I felt his breath upon my face, saw his cold eyes like blue fire burning me.
N.C. Wyeth
ca. 1914
study of an arm, ending in hand with curved fingers
study of an arm, ending in hand with curved fingers
N.C. Wyeth
The Hunter Himself Was Stretched on the Earth, before a Head-Stone of White Marble, Pushing Aside with His Fingers the Long Grass
The Hunter Himself Was Stretched on the Earth, before a Head-Stone of White Marble, Pushing Aside with His Fingers the Long Grass
Felix Octavius Carr Darley
ca. 1859
Robin Hood Defeats Nat of Nottingham at Quarter-staff The beggar dealt his foe a back-thrust so neatly, so heartily, and so swiftly that Nat was swept off the stage into the crowd as a fly off a table.
Robin Hood Defeats Nat of Nottingham at Quarter-staff
The beggar dealt his foe a back-thrust so neatly, so heartily, and so swiftly that Nat was swept off the stage into the crowd as a fly off a table.
N.C. Wyeth
1917
For three months he worked as an axeman . . . his only companion a dour Scotchman who never spoke.
For three months he worked as an axeman . . . his only companion a dour Scotchman who never spoke.
N.C. Wyeth
1911
"Guns in Flanders--Flanders Guns! (I had a man that worked 'em once!)"
"Guns in Flanders--Flanders Guns! (I had a man that worked 'em once!)"
N.C. Wyeth
ca. 1918
Magua Captures Alice He hesitated a moment; and then catching the light and senseless form of Alice in his arms, the subtle Indian moved swiftly across the plain toward the woods
Magua Captures Alice He hesitated a moment; and then catching the light and senseless form of Alice in his arms, the subtle Indian moved swiftly across the plain toward the woods
N.C. Wyeth
1919
It was not until Shiloh that Chad got his shoulder--straps, leading a charge.
It was not until Shiloh that Chad got his shoulder--straps, leading a charge.
N.C. Wyeth
1930 / 1931
Straight in front of the Squire gathered the Turners about Melissa and Chad and Jack as a centre.
Straight in front of the Squire gathered the Turners about Melissa and Chad and Jack as a centre.
N.C. Wyeth
1930 / 1931
Steadily the boy worked,--and the schoolmaster helped him unwearyingly.
Steadily the boy worked,--and the schoolmaster helped him unwearyingly.
N.C. Wyeth
1930 / 1931
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