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The Beggars Fight
The Beggars Fight
The Beggars Fight
(American, 1882 - 1945)

The Beggars Fight

Alternate Title(s)
  • The Beggars' Fight; The Fight of the Beggars
Oil on canvas
1929
48 1/4 × 38 1/4 in. (122.6 × 97.2 cm)
SUPP2000.1229
Private collection
Not on view
Robin Hood Defeats Nat of Nottingham at Quarter-staff The beggar dealt his foe a back-thrust so neatly, so heartily, and so swiftly that Nat was swept off the stage into the crowd as a fly off a table.
Robin Hood Defeats Nat of Nottingham at Quarter-staff
The beggar dealt his foe a back-thrust so neatly, so heartily, and so swiftly that Nat was swept off the stage into the crowd as a fly off a table.
N.C. Wyeth
1917
The Blind Beggar on the Isle of Mull In about half an hour of walk, I over took a great, ragged man, moving pretty fast but feeling before him with a staff
The Blind Beggar on the Isle of Mull
In about half an hour of walk, I over took a great, ragged man, moving pretty fast but feeling before him with a staff
N.C. Wyeth
1913
"But, Father, I can't go to Rob without clothes, like a beggar girl. I wish I were dead"
"But, Father, I can't go to Rob without clothes, like a beggar girl. I wish I were dead"
N.C. Wyeth
1914
We just naturally fights like a pair of friends and gentlemen. Bite, kick, and gouge; but no hard feelin's between me and you!
We just naturally fights like a pair of friends and gentlemen. Bite, kick, and gouge; but no hard feelin's between me and you!
N.C. Wyeth
1915 / 1916
One day a band of fifteen Indians jammed me in a sand ravine. I made a running fight for eleven miles, but went unscathed and had a lead of two miles at Sweetwater Bridge.
One day a band of fifteen Indians jammed me in a sand ravine. I made a running fight for eleven miles, but went unscathed and had a lead of two miles at Sweetwater Bridge.
N.C. Wyeth
1916
"Who's afraid of his guns?" shouted McFarlane. "He daren't shoot in a square fight!"
"Who's afraid of his guns?" shouted McFarlane. "He daren't shoot in a square fight!"
N.C. Wyeth
1912
Little John Fights with the Cook in the Sheriff's House At last he made a dart upon Roger and the chase grew furious. Dishes, plates, covers, pots and pans--all that came in the way of them went flying.
Little John Fights with the Cook in the Sheriff's House
At last he made a dart upon Roger and the chase grew furious. Dishes, plates, covers, pots and pans--all that came in the way of them went flying.
N.C. Wyeth
1917
Alleyne Fights on the Banks of the Garonne Back and back gave Tranter, ever seeking time for a last cut. On and on came Alleyne.
Alleyne Fights on the Banks of the Garonne
Back and back gave Tranter, ever seeking time for a last cut. On and on came Alleyne.
N.C. Wyeth
1922
The Fight in the Peaks.
The Fight in the Peaks.
N.C. Wyeth
1912 / 1914
Ayrton's fight with the pirates
Ayrton's fight with the pirates
N.C. Wyeth
1918
At this instant the door flew open and the fight was transferred to the platform, the light, and the open air.
At this instant the door flew open and the fight was transferred to the platform, the light, and the open air.
N.C. Wyeth
1925
These swamps, where fever-maddened men have pressed / To fight and die for gold....
These swamps, where fever-maddened men have pressed / To fight and die for gold....
N.C. Wyeth
1914