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Our lives depended upon our helmsman
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N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
Our lives depended upon our helmsman
Oil on hardboard (Renaissance Panel)
1940
30 × 20 1/2 in. (76.2 × 52.1 cm)
2018.8
Gift of Patricia Kerwin Herman in memory of Dr. Charles M. Kerwin, 2018
Not on view
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