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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
For some time the dark form remained motionless, listening to the girl singing her Irish songs
(American, 1882 - 1945)

For some time the dark form remained motionless, listening to the girl singing her Irish songs

Oil on canvas
1925
dimensions unavailable
SUPP2000.1827
known by reproduction only (canvas reused by Carolyn Wyeth and now owned by
Brandywine River Museum, Bequest of Carolyn Wyeth)
Not on view
The Three Friends The bowman sang snatches of French love songs in a voice which might have scared the most stouthearted maiden.
The Three Friends
The bowman sang snatches of French love songs in a voice which might have scared the most stouthearted maiden.
N.C. Wyeth
1922
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
The Supplicant Cora had cast herself to her knees; and, with hands clenched in each other and pressed upon her bosom, she remained like a beauteous and breathing model of her sex
The Supplicant Cora had cast herself to her knees; and, with hands clenched in each other and pressed upon her bosom, she remained like a beauteous and breathing model of her sex
N.C. Wyeth
1919
And so the man of books and the Irish girl, that morning, found the bond of their friendship--a friendship that was to be to them, all the years of their lives, a very beautiful thing
And so the man of books and the Irish girl, that morning, found the bond of their friendship--a friendship that was to be to them, all the years of their lives, a very beautiful thing
N.C. Wyeth
1925
Genghis Khan's eyes were fixed upon the dark scarred face of the young man in front of him. Little could be hidden from those eyes, and suddenly the young man knew that he stood revealed. The inscrutable eyes gave no sign, but at last Genghis Khan beckoned to the girl, and she came and stood beside him.
Genghis Khan's eyes were fixed upon the dark scarred face of the young man in front of him. Little could be hidden from those eyes, and suddenly the young man knew that he stood revealed. The inscrutable eyes gave no sign, but at last Genghis Khan beckoned to the girl, and she came and stood beside him.
N.C. Wyeth
1932
The Brig "Covenant" in a Fog All afternoon, when I went on deck, I saw men and officers listening hard over the bulwarks
The Brig "Covenant" in a Fog
All afternoon, when I went on deck, I saw men and officers listening hard over the bulwarks
N.C. Wyeth
1913
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.
N.C. Wyeth
1930 / 1931
"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 girl watched her lover a little anxiously because he was moody. The visitor ate with his eyes down.
The girl watched her lover a little anxiously because he was moody. The visitor ate with his eyes down.
N.C. Wyeth
1916
Image Not Available for All this while the canoe, with the form of Hetty erect in one end of it, was dimly perceptible.
All this while the canoe, with the form of Hetty erect in one end of it, was dimly perceptible.
N.C. Wyeth
1925
Magua Captures Alice He hesitated a moment; and then catching the light and senseless form of Alice in his arms, the subtle Indian moved swiftly across the plain toward the woods
Magua Captures Alice He hesitated a moment; and then catching the light and senseless form of Alice in his arms, the subtle Indian moved swiftly across the plain toward the woods
N.C. Wyeth
1919
In the excitement we forgot to fetch Louise's clothes . . . won't you lend her some?
In the excitement we forgot to fetch Louise's clothes . . . won't you lend her some?
Frank E. Schoonover
1927