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"Here they used to sit in the shade through a long lazy summer's day, talking listlessly over village gossip or telling endless sleepy stories about nothing."
"Here they used to sit in the shade through a long lazy summer's day, talking listlessly over village gossip or telling endless sleepy stories about nothing."
"Here they used to sit in the shade through a long lazy summer's day, talking listlessly over village gossip or telling endless sleepy stories about nothing."
(American, 1882 - 1945)

"Here they used to sit in the shade through a long lazy summer's day, talking listlessly over village gossip or telling endless sleepy stories about nothing."

Oil on canvas
1921
37 × 29 in. (94 × 73.7 cm)
SUPP2000.1765
Private collection
Not on view
The old friends sat about the fireplace and told stories.
The old friends sat about the fireplace and told stories.
N.C. Wyeth
1904
The ocean just sort o' breathing in on the sand--Bill 'n' me sit here and count the breaths like.
The ocean just sort o' breathing in on the sand--Bill 'n' me sit here and count the breaths like.
N.C. Wyeth
1919
She thought a poet was a man who made rimes; she did not guess that this man when he said: "'There'll be fences here, and fields and roofs and chimneys," was talking poetry
She thought a poet was a man who made rimes; she did not guess that this man when he said: "'There'll be fences here, and fields and roofs and chimneys," was talking poetry
N.C. Wyeth
1930
Through Storm and Darkness, Sleet and Shade
Through Storm and Darkness, Sleet and Shade
Louis John Rhead
ca. 1903
A Cloud Of Dust Poured Over Him, He Lashed Down Wildly. After That There Was Nothing But Spinning Haze In Which He and His Saddle Rocked and Spun....
A Cloud Of Dust Poured Over Him, He Lashed Down Wildly. After That There Was Nothing But Spinning Haze In Which He and His Saddle Rocked and Spun....
N.C. Wyeth
1925
"'Tis said she used a magic potion called Black Satin." Angelique . . . the world's most talked about perfumes
"'Tis said she used a magic potion called Black Satin." Angelique . . . the world's most talked about perfumes
Charles Addams
1955
Finally, the great scene of boyhood, the scene which will endear its hero to every generation of boys forever, the original of all the Jack the Giant Killer stories--David and Goliath
Finally, the great scene of boyhood, the scene which will endear its hero to every generation of boys forever, the original of all the Jack the Giant Killer stories--David and Goliath
N.C. Wyeth
1929
Cover for Harper's Weekly - Civil War Stories
Cover for Harper's Weekly - Civil War Stories
Edwin Roscoe Shrader
ca. 1910
Boston Blackie Stories, untitled headpiece illustration
Boston Blackie Stories, untitled headpiece illustration
N.C. Wyeth
1914
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
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
"For four long summer months of dust and heat Cassidy had been a freighter"
"For four long summer months of dust and heat Cassidy had been a freighter"
N.C. Wyeth
1907