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The busy world itself might well hush its noisy activities long enough to hear of it.

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The busy world itself might well hush its noisy activities long enough to hear of it.

The busy world itself might well hush its noisy activities long enough to hear of it.

(American, 1882 - 1945)

The busy world itself might well hush its noisy activities long enough to hear of it.

1908

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Naaman's wife brought the little maid that he himself might hear her. A glow of conviction shines in her face. She knows this prophet of whom she speaks. With childish eagerness, her words tumbling over each other, she urges Naaman to implore his aid

Naaman's wife brought the little maid that he himself might hear her. A glow of conviction shines in her face. She knows this prophet of whom she speaks. With childish eagerness, her words tumbling over each other, she urges Naaman to implore his aid

N.C. Wyeth

1929

There she was, the Dancing Bess, holding a taut bowline to the eastward. And there were the two frigates, but they might as well have been chasing a star.

There she was, the Dancing Bess, holding a taut bowline to the eastward. And there were the two frigates, but they might as well have been chasing a star.

N.C. Wyeth

1911

"Your legs are all right if they are long enough to reach the ground."

"Your legs are all right if they are long enough to reach the ground."

N.C. Wyeth

1921

Did You Ever Try to Look at Watercolors on the Ceiling? Well, its just terrible.

Did You Ever Try to Look at Watercolors on the Ceiling? Well, its just terrible.

Orson Lowell

1900-1930

I was kept busy all day in the cave, packing the minted money into bread-bags

I was kept busy all day in the cave, packing the minted money into bread-bags

N.C. Wyeth

1911

N.C. Wyeth

1909

Following the trail itself, Whispering Smith rode slowly.

Following the trail itself, Whispering Smith rode slowly.

N.C. Wyeth

1906

Troops by the hundred were passing--tattered, war-hardened, lean, efficient troops, whose road-pace was eagerness itself.

Troops by the hundred were passing--tattered, war-hardened, lean, efficient troops, whose road-pace was eagerness itself.

N.C. Wyeth

1912

"Life itself is only a vision, a dream"

"Life itself is only a vision, a dream"

N.C. Wyeth

1916

The rifle came down through the empty air. Like the wind itself, the silver queen shot into flight.

The rifle came down through the empty air. Like the wind itself, the silver queen shot into flight.

N.C. Wyeth

1916

The Fugitives
"This way!" the woman whispered. "Into the stream to throw the dog off, though I think it is but a common cur, like its master."

The Fugitives
"This way!" the woman whispered. "Into the stream to throw the dog off, though I think it is but a common cur, like its master."

N.C. Wyeth

1922

caption: The present work prior to conservation treatment, 2007-2008.

"Sure, it's Professor Grid to the life!" he said admiringly.

N.C. Wyeth

1910

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