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A Very Rotund, Cautious Person of German Extraction
A Very Rotund, Cautious Person of German Extraction
A Very Rotund, Cautious Person of German Extraction
(American, 1882 - 1945)

A Very Rotund, Cautious Person of German Extraction

1907
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"There ain't a person in these here United States that kin slide a flatiron over dry-goods the way my Pete kin"
"There ain't a person in these here United States that kin slide a flatiron over dry-goods the way my Pete kin"
N.C. Wyeth
1905
It was after this attack that the High Command published to the German army: "The moral effect of our own gunfire can not seriously impede the advance of the American Infantry."
It was after this attack that the High Command published to the German army: "The moral effect of our own gunfire can not seriously impede the advance of the American Infantry."
N.C. Wyeth
1930
A German Tourist in Tyrol - like this
A German Tourist in Tyrol - like this
Jessie Willcox Smith
1933-1935
It was a short, very stout, and very black negro who stood at attention before Captain Blaise.
It was a short, very stout, and very black negro who stood at attention before Captain Blaise.
N.C. Wyeth
1911
The Lovers Her foot is on the very lintel of the church, and yet he bars the way--
The Lovers
Her foot is on the very lintel of the church, and yet he bars the way--
N.C. Wyeth
1922
The Three Knights "It is very fitting," said Chandos, "that we should be companions, Nigel, for since you have tied up one of your eyes, we have but a pair between us."
The Three Knights
"It is very fitting," said Chandos, "that we should be companions, Nigel, for since you have tied up one of your eyes, we have but a pair between us."
N.C. Wyeth
1922
I had many friends among professional thieves. From the very first I had been "right"
I had many friends among professional thieves. From the very first I had been "right"
N.C. Wyeth
ca. 1913
"For a mile, or thereabouts, my raft went very well--"
"For a mile, or thereabouts, my raft went very well--"
N.C. Wyeth
1920
That night a thankful father and mother knelt down beside the bed where their only daughter lay in a healthful sleep. A little girl had come back to her parents from the very gates of death. The Galilean stars looked down and smiled their benediction
That night a thankful father and mother knelt down beside the bed where their only daughter lay in a healthful sleep. A little girl had come back to her parents from the very gates of death. The Galilean stars looked down and smiled their benediction
N.C. Wyeth
1929
"All this while I sat upon the ground, very much terrified and dejected"
"All this while I sat upon the ground, very much terrified and dejected"
N.C. Wyeth
1920
And so the man of books and the Irish girl, that morning, found the bond of their friendship--a friendship that was to be to them, all the years of their lives, a very beautiful thing
And so the man of books and the Irish girl, that morning, found the bond of their friendship--a friendship that was to be to them, all the years of their lives, a very beautiful thing
N.C. Wyeth
1925
It was not signed. I read it slowly, because I was not very good at reading, and turned my eyes west-where my mother had gone
It was not signed. I read it slowly, because I was not very good at reading, and turned my eyes west-where my mother had gone
N.C. Wyeth
1921