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"Now Major, for the best part of the game"
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"Now Major, for the best part of the game"
"Now Major, for the best part of the game"
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)

"Now Major, for the best part of the game"

Oil on canvas
1935
47 × 36 in. (119.4 × 91.4 cm)
SUPP2000.1378
Collection of Joel and Suzanne Sugg
Not on view
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Santa
Santa
N.C. Wyeth
ca. 1932
Cleaning Fish
Cleaning Fish
N.C. Wyeth
1933
"Major, I'm going into the Union Army."
"Major, I'm going into the Union Army."
N.C. Wyeth
1930 / 1931
The Sea-Serpent and Angelica The huge monster soon came in sight, part of his body appearing above the waves and part concealed
The Sea-Serpent and Angelica The huge monster soon came in sight, part of his body appearing above the waves and part concealed
N.C. Wyeth
1924
Then the tide ebbed, and one night the major decamped
Then the tide ebbed, and one night the major decamped
N.C. Wyeth
1905
"Jest tryin' a little innercent game"
"Jest tryin' a little innercent game"
N.C. Wyeth
1905
The Deacon and Parson Skeeters / In the tail of a game of Draw
The Deacon and Parson Skeeters / In the tail of a game of Draw
N.C. Wyeth
1912
Robin and His Mother Go to Nottingham Fair The road wound in and about the forest, and at noon they came to a part where the trees nigh shut out the sky.
Robin and His Mother Go to Nottingham Fair
The road wound in and about the forest, and at noon they came to a part where the trees nigh shut out the sky.
N.C. Wyeth
1917
The Brace-Game, untitled headpiece illustration
The Brace-Game, untitled headpiece illustration
N.C. Wyeth
1907
That endless stream across the Dubuque ferry was flowing on ahead of me, and the fast-going part of it was passing me every hour like swift schooners outstripping a slow, round-bellied Dutch square-rigger
That endless stream across the Dubuque ferry was flowing on ahead of me, and the fast-going part of it was passing me every hour like swift schooners outstripping a slow, round-bellied Dutch square-rigger
N.C. Wyeth
1921
"Oh, Randolph," she cried, "I cannot have you play that game any more!"
"Oh, Randolph," she cried, "I cannot have you play that game any more!"
N.C. Wyeth
1904
September Afternoon
September Afternoon
N.C. Wyeth
1916

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