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Then the tide ebbed, and one night the major decamped
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Then the tide ebbed, and one night the major decamped
Then the tide ebbed, and one night the major decamped
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)

Then the tide ebbed, and one night the major decamped

1905
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"Major, I'm going into the Union Army."
"Major, I'm going into the Union Army."
N.C. Wyeth
1930 / 1931
"Now Major, for the best part of the game"
"Now Major, for the best part of the game"
N.C. Wyeth
1935
Day and night he labored joyously with a plan of one of the enemy's balloons before him.
Day and night he labored joyously with a plan of one of the enemy's balloons before him.
N.C. Wyeth
1907
His was the One Desperate Figure of the Night
His was the One Desperate Figure of the Night
N.C. Wyeth
1907
High Tide
High Tide
N.C. Wyeth
1933
Black Spruce Ledge ( " Time and Tide . . ." )
Black Spruce Ledge ( " Time and Tide . . ." )
N.C. Wyeth
1941
Low Tide
Low Tide
N.C. Wyeth
1936
Low Tide, study
Low Tide, study
N.C. Wyeth
ca. 1935
The tide! And the stones were wet where the water had been.
The tide! And the stones were wet where the water had been.
N.C. Wyeth
1924
"It ees in the night, too, that the men with the pack mules go from Black Canyon across the line into Mexico. All the time it ees in the night."
"It ees in the night, too, that the men with the pack mules go from Black Canyon across the line into Mexico. All the time it ees in the night."
N.C. Wyeth
1925
Low Tide, Cliff Island, Maine
Low Tide, Cliff Island, Maine
Alfred Thompson Bricher
late 19th century
"One swing 'f his battle-axe chops off the lock, 'n' there's a dragon black as ink wi' one eye."
"One swing 'f his battle-axe chops off the lock, 'n' there's a dragon black as ink wi' one eye."
N.C. Wyeth
1914

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