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"An exhibition, sir, of self-effacement which shamed our puny civilized philanthropy"
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"An exhibition, sir, of self-effacement which shamed our puny civilized philanthropy"
"An exhibition, sir, of self-effacement which shamed our puny civilized philanthropy"
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)

"An exhibition, sir, of self-effacement which shamed our puny civilized philanthropy"

Alternate Title(s)
  • Hudson's Bay Encampment
Oil on canvas
1905
22 × 32 in. (55.9 × 81.3 cm)
SUPP2000.853
Delaware Art Museum, Bequest of Frank H. Mackie, Jr., 1992
Not on view
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They Did Not Want "Civilized," Field-Tilling Indians
They Did Not Want "Civilized," Field-Tilling Indians
N.C. Wyeth
1905
One last tremendous cut which would certainly have split him to the chin[e] had it not been intercepted by our big signboard of Admiral Benbow
One last tremendous cut which would certainly have split him to the chin[e] had it not been intercepted by our big signboard of Admiral Benbow
N.C. Wyeth
1911
Plate #2 | Poor Tom began to whine and shake | When with his spells the Wizard bound him | And set on him a monstrous snake | Which coiled its ugly self around him.
Plate #2 | Poor Tom began to whine and shake | When with his spells the Wizard bound him | And set on him a monstrous snake | Which coiled its ugly self around him.
Royal Lacey Scoville
ca. 1915
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
Indo-Persian Exhibition
Indo-Persian Exhibition
Thornton Oakley
n.d.
Cover Design for Plastic Club Exhibition Catalogue, 1899
Cover Design for Plastic Club Exhibition Catalogue, 1899
Bertha Corson Day
1898
Cover Design for the Third Annual Exhibition of the Art Department, Drexel Institute
Cover Design for the Third Annual Exhibition of the Art Department, Drexel Institute
Bertha Corson Day
1895
Self-portrait with Pipe
Self-portrait with Pipe
N.C. Wyeth
1915 / 1920
Self-portrait
Self-portrait
N.C. Wyeth
ca. 1900
Self-portrait with Palette
Self-portrait with Palette
N.C. Wyeth
ca. 1909-1912
Self-portrait in Top Hat and Cape
Self-portrait in Top Hat and Cape
N.C. Wyeth
ca. 1927
Self-portrait
Self-portrait
N.C. Wyeth
ca. 1914

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