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Captain Flood Never had time to follow Scripteh much, what with following the sea. But I respects a man that does
Captain Flood Never had time to follow Scripteh much, what with following the sea. But I respects a man that does
Captain Flood Never had time to follow Scripteh much, what with following the sea. But I respects a man that does
(American, 1882 - 1945)

Captain Flood
Never had time to follow Scripteh much, what with following the sea. But I respects a man that does

Oil on canvas
ca. 1928
dimensions unavailable
SUPP2000.1744
known by reproduction only
Not on view
"A termagant wife may, therefore, in some respects, be considered a tolerable blessing; and if so, Rip Van Winkle was thriced blessed."
"A termagant wife may, therefore, in some respects, be considered a tolerable blessing; and if so, Rip Van Winkle was thriced blessed."
N.C. Wyeth
1921
"That trip with Charles was one of the happiest times in my whole life. I got acquainted with my boy in those two weeks, as I never knew him before. I found the man in him"
"That trip with Charles was one of the happiest times in my whole life. I got acquainted with my boy in those two weeks, as I never knew him before. I found the man in him"
N.C. Wyeth
1931
Two or three times one of the mares fell in the drifts, and nothing but the courage bred into them in the blue-grass fields of Kentucky saved us from stalling out in that fearful moving flood of snow
Two or three times one of the mares fell in the drifts, and nothing but the courage bred into them in the blue-grass fields of Kentucky saved us from stalling out in that fearful moving flood of snow
N.C. Wyeth
1921
Dropping one of the sage-hens I asked the man behind me to pick it up. As he was groping for it I pulled one of my Colt's revolvers, and hit him over the head. He dropped senseless. // "Wheeling about I saw that the other man, hearing the fall, had turned, his hand upon his revolver. It was no time for argument. I fired and killed him."
Dropping one of the sage-hens I asked the man behind me to pick it up. As he was groping for it I pulled one of my Colt's revolvers, and hit him over the head. He dropped senseless. // "Wheeling about I saw that the other man, hearing the fall, had turned, his hand upon his revolver. It was no time for argument. I fired and killed him."
N.C. Wyeth
1916
Have You Forgotten How You Threatened Twenty Years Ago, to Follow Me to the Very Gates of Hell, and What I Promised You--That If You Did, I'd Push You Inside?
Have You Forgotten How You Threatened Twenty Years Ago, to Follow Me to the Very Gates of Hell, and What I Promised You--That If You Did, I'd Push You Inside?
Douglas Duer
1921
"Ahi! If he hurts so much as the little finger of my captain," Memgumban screamed, "I shall tie you to an ant hill." And he leaped at the Chinaman with his kris
"Ahi! If he hurts so much as the little finger of my captain," Memgumban screamed, "I shall tie you to an ant hill." And he leaped at the Chinaman with his kris
N.C. Wyeth
1919
"But still," Logroscino stammered, "but still - this does not got to be true . . . . What kind of surgeon are you?"
"But still," Logroscino stammered, "but still - this does not got to be true . . . . What kind of surgeon are you?"
N.C. Wyeth
1919
The Torrent in the Valley of Glencoe I had scarce time to measure the distance or to understand the peril before I had followed him, and he had caught and stopped me
The Torrent in the Valley of Glencoe
I had scarce time to measure the distance or to understand the peril before I had followed him, and he had caught and stopped me
N.C. Wyeth
1913
When I tried with cracked lips and swollen tongue to babble of what I had witnessed, he called me a liar and threw stones at me so that I had to crawl into a crevice in the rocks to dodge the missiles.
When I tried with cracked lips and swollen tongue to babble of what I had witnessed, he called me a liar and threw stones at me so that I had to crawl into a crevice in the rocks to dodge the missiles.
N.C. Wyeth
1914
"At first, for some time, I was not able to answer him one word; but as he had taken me in his arms, I held fast by him, or I should have fallen to the ground"
"At first, for some time, I was not able to answer him one word; but as he had taken me in his arms, I held fast by him, or I should have fallen to the ground"
N.C. Wyeth
1920
"The sea breeds fighters and that's what I want in the employ of the Blue Star. You two just naturally make me sick at the stomach. Get out!"
"The sea breeds fighters and that's what I want in the employ of the Blue Star. You two just naturally make me sick at the stomach. Get out!"
N.C. Wyeth
1923
The pale, moonlit city lay all about us in a ghostly circle. Mosulla and I had never been so close in spirit
The pale, moonlit city lay all about us in a ghostly circle. Mosulla and I had never been so close in spirit
N.C. Wyeth
1923