Skip to main content
He looked at the boy a long time and fancied he could see some resemblance to the portrait.
He looked at the boy a long time and fancied he could see some resemblance to the portrait.
He looked at the boy a long time and fancied he could see some resemblance to the portrait.
(American, 1882 - 1945)

He looked at the boy a long time and fancied he could see some resemblance to the portrait.

Oil on canvas
1930 / 1931
34 × 25 1/4 in. (86.4 × 64.1 cm)
SUPP2000.1251
Private collection
Not on view
The Slave Boy Then, at length, when all were peacefully feeding, he sat down upon a grassy hummock and looked around him, sad, lonely, vindictive.
The Slave Boy
Then, at length, when all were peacefully feeding, he sat down upon a grassy hummock and looked around him, sad, lonely, vindictive.
N.C. Wyeth
1912
Somewhere at some dim time he and this girl, as yet unnamed to him, had been indissolubly united.
Somewhere at some dim time he and this girl, as yet unnamed to him, had been indissolubly united.
N.C. Wyeth
1928
"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 cedar-capped ridge / Up there...he could see...Marie
the cedar-capped ridge / Up there...he could see...Marie
N.C. Wyeth
ca. 1911
"I wish you could see yourself; I wish I could tell you how you look."
"I wish you could see yourself; I wish I could tell you how you look."
N.C. Wyeth
1930 / 1931
Next to me was a girl who looked about eighteen. On the other side was an old fellow with a long gray beard.
Next to me was a girl who looked about eighteen. On the other side was an old fellow with a long gray beard.
N.C. Wyeth
1929
Too tired and weak to guide his horse, he could only hang to his saddle and trust to the beast's instinct to avoid destruction! And to spur--ever to spur--praying that he might reach help before brain and body failed together.
Too tired and weak to guide his horse, he could only hang to his saddle and trust to the beast's instinct to avoid destruction! And to spur--ever to spur--praying that he might reach help before brain and body failed together.
N.C. Wyeth
1912
"It was with some difficulty that he found the way to his own house, which he approached with silent awe, expecting every moment to hear the shrill voice of Dame Van Winkle."
"It was with some difficulty that he found the way to his own house, which he approached with silent awe, expecting every moment to hear the shrill voice of Dame Van Winkle."
N.C. Wyeth
1921
I could see only his shaggy head, as huge as a beer-kettle.
I could see only his shaggy head, as huge as a beer-kettle.
N.C. Wyeth
1904
On the Sea Wall with John Paul Jones For a long moment Paul Jones gazed out over the crowded shipping, down the long narrow harbor, out to the open water. He whistled dolefully between his teeth
On the Sea Wall with John Paul Jones
For a long moment Paul Jones gazed out over the crowded shipping, down the long narrow harbor, out to the open water. He whistled dolefully between his teeth
N.C. Wyeth
1928
For some time the dark form remained motionless, listening to the girl singing her Irish songs
For some time the dark form remained motionless, listening to the girl singing her Irish songs
N.C. Wyeth
1925
Mr. Balfour, of the House of Shaws What he was, whether by trade or birth, was more than I could fathom
Mr. Balfour, of the House of Shaws
What he was, whether by trade or birth, was more than I could fathom
N.C. Wyeth
1913