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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.
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.
(American, 1882 - 1945)

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.

Oil on canvas adhered to hardboard
1917
39 13/16 × 31 13/16 in. (101.1 × 80.8 cm)
SUPP2000.1253
The New York Public Library
Not on view
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N.C. Wyeth
1924
Sir Nat and the Horse Johnny watched Sir Nat rub the gray muzzle, run a quick hand down the ewe neck, stand back critically and proceed to a minute and systematic inspection of the antique nag
Sir Nat and the Horse
Johnny watched Sir Nat rub the gray muzzle, run a quick hand down the ewe neck, stand back critically and proceed to a minute and systematic inspection of the antique nag
N.C. Wyeth
1928
The Blind Beggar on the Isle of Mull In about half an hour of walk, I over took a great, ragged man, moving pretty fast but feeling before him with a staff
The Blind Beggar on the Isle of Mull
In about half an hour of walk, I over took a great, ragged man, moving pretty fast but feeling before him with a staff
N.C. Wyeth
1913
So the maiden went on, and little divined or imagined what was at work in his heart, that made him so awkward and speechless.
So the maiden went on, and little divined or imagined what was at work in his heart, that made him so awkward and speechless.
N.C. Wyeth
1920
"I remember," writes Buffalo Bill, "the next day father began trading with the Indians, who were so pleased over the bargins we offered that they sent their friends back to us after they cantered away."
"I remember," writes Buffalo Bill, "the next day father began trading with the Indians, who were so pleased over the bargins we offered that they sent their friends back to us after they cantered away."
N.C. Wyeth
1916
So cool...so cooling (advertisement for Coca-Cola)
So cool...so cooling (advertisement for Coca-Cola)
N.C. Wyeth
ca. 1937
So the child was delivered unto Merlin, and so he bare it forth
So the child was delivered unto Merlin, and so he bare it forth
N.C. Wyeth
1917
Ninth Commandment: Bear not false witness—that is low—but “hear ‘tis rumored so and so”
Ninth Commandment: Bear not false witness—that is low—but “hear ‘tis rumored so and so”
Peter Paone
1963
Robin and His Mother Go to Nottingham Fair The road wound in and about the forest, and at noon they came to a part where the trees nigh shut out the sky.
Robin and His Mother Go to Nottingham Fair
The road wound in and about the forest, and at noon they came to a part where the trees nigh shut out the sky.
N.C. Wyeth
1917
Nat
Nat
Andrew Wyeth
1988
Portrait of Nat and Andy
Portrait of Nat and Andy
Henriette Wyeth
ca. 1929-1930
Portrait of Nat
Portrait of Nat
Henriette Wyeth
n.d.