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"I would like to have known my grandfather better"
"I would like to have known my grandfather better"
"I would like to have known my grandfather better"
(American, 1882 - 1945)

"I would like to have known my grandfather better"

Alternate Title(s)
  • Old Kentucky Judge
1934
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"I would like to have known my grandfather better," top half of composition drawing
"I would like to have known my grandfather better," top half of composition drawing
N.C. Wyeth
1934
"I would like to have known my grand father better," bottom half of composition drawing
"I would like to have known my grand father better," bottom half of composition drawing
N.C. Wyeth
1934
"Do you mean that you do not care--that you do not hate and despise me? I have never known a woman like you. I have never believed that there were such women."
"Do you mean that you do not care--that you do not hate and despise me? I have never known a woman like you. I have never believed that there were such women."
N.C. Wyeth
1925
Now he knew--the gods had reserved her for him! He leaped at her like a lion, shouting: "I too have found what I wanted--my share of the wealth of Asia!"
Now he knew--the gods had reserved her for him! He leaped at her like a lion, shouting: "I too have found what I wanted--my share of the wealth of Asia!"
N.C. Wyeth
1931
My Grandfather's House
My Grandfather's House
N.C. Wyeth
ca. 1929
I look up for my land and see instead something like a bird playing tag against the moonshine
I look up for my land and see instead something like a bird playing tag against the moonshine
N.C. Wyeth
1919
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
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
I have my own way of doing things. . . . .Opposition is good to try one's metal on
I have my own way of doing things. . . . .Opposition is good to try one's metal on
N.C. Wyeth
1931
"Since when is a heathen wench's word better than that of twenty Christians?" asked one of the monks. "It is I who will decide whether she alone speaketh the truth, or all of you," Richard said sternly.
"Since when is a heathen wench's word better than that of twenty Christians?" asked one of the monks. "It is I who will decide whether she alone speaketh the truth, or all of you," Richard said sternly.
N.C. Wyeth
1931
He Was as Good a Wrestler as He Was a Good Swordsman, but, with Bitter Anger in My Heart and a Vision of the Haunted Wood before My Eyes, I Think I Could Have Wrestled with Hercules and Won
He Was as Good a Wrestler as He Was a Good Swordsman, but, with Bitter Anger in My Heart and a Vision of the Haunted Wood before My Eyes, I Think I Could Have Wrestled with Hercules and Won
Frank E. Schoonover
1931
Nothing would escape their black, jewel-like, inscrutable eyes.
Nothing would escape their black, jewel-like, inscrutable eyes.
N.C. Wyeth
1911