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Proteus, the Old Man of the Sea
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Proteus, the Old Man of the Sea
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N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
Proteus, the Old Man of the Sea
Oil on canvas
1929
dimensions unavailable
SUPP2000.1777
known by reproduction only
Not on view
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Captain Flood
Never had time to follow Scripteh much, what with following the sea. But I respects a man that does
N.C. Wyeth
ca. 1928
"How are you old man! Glad to see you."
N.C. Wyeth
1911-1915
Deep in hollow sockets his hot eyes burned, red with fever. He sat his horse like an old man, haggard and bent.
N.C. Wyeth
1912
He perceived, at some yards from the ruin of the building, an old man surrounded by weeping children.
N.C. Wyeth
1927
"On waking he found himself on the green knoll whence he had first seen the old man of the glen"
N.C. Wyeth
1921
Untitled (monochrome portrait of an old man, ? N. C. Wyeth's grandfather)
N.C. Wyeth
not dated
The Courtship of Miles Standish, untitled headpiece illustration (man looking out to sea and ship)
N.C. Wyeth
1920
Glory of the Seas
N.C. Wyeth
ca. 1933
The Sounding Sea
N.C. Wyeth
1934
Beyond Uncharted Seas Columbus Finds a New World
N.C. Wyeth
1927
"- and thus I every now and then took a little voyage upon the sea"
N.C. Wyeth
1920
Eager, with tearful eyes, to say farewell to the Mayflower, homeward bound o'er the sea, and leaving them here in the desert
N.C. Wyeth
1920
