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"--and making it into a great cross, I set it up on the shore where I first landed--"
"--and making it into a great cross, I set it up on the shore where I first landed--"
"--and making it into a great cross, I set it up on the shore where I first landed--"
(American, 1882 - 1945)

"--and making it into a great cross, I set it up on the shore where I first landed--"

Alternate Title(s)
  • Carving the Marker; Crusoe Records his landing; Robinson Crusoe records date of Landing
Oil on canvas
1920
40 3/4 × 30 1/4 in. (103.5 × 76.8 cm)
SUPP2000.113
From the collection of The Wilmington Institute Library, Wilmington, Delaware
Not on view
".... and preferred making friends among the rising generation, with whom he grew into great favor."
".... and preferred making friends among the rising generation, with whom he grew into great favor."
N.C. Wyeth
1921
"I reaped it my way, for I cut nothing off but the ears, and carried it away in a great basket which I had made"
"I reaped it my way, for I cut nothing off but the ears, and carried it away in a great basket which I had made"
N.C. Wyeth
1920
It was not signed. I read it slowly, because I was not very good at reading, and turned my eyes west-where my mother had gone
It was not signed. I read it slowly, because I was not very good at reading, and turned my eyes west-where my mother had gone
N.C. Wyeth
1921
The Wrestling Match at the "Pied Merlin" It would have been hard that night, through the whole length of England, to set up a finer pair in face of each other.
The Wrestling Match at the "Pied Merlin"
It would have been hard that night, through the whole length of England, to set up a finer pair in face of each other.
N.C. Wyeth
1922
"My great white brothers," said Chief Santanta, after loading the peace-pipe and passing it to General Sherman, "I welcome you to my camp and to my people!"
"My great white brothers," said Chief Santanta, after loading the peace-pipe and passing it to General Sherman, "I welcome you to my camp and to my people!"
N.C. Wyeth
1916
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
I saw a figure leap with great rapidity behind the trunk of a pine
I saw a figure leap with great rapidity behind the trunk of a pine
N.C. Wyeth
1911
"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
"Sitting up cross-legged, with each hand holding a gun from which came thin wisps of smoke."
"Sitting up cross-legged, with each hand holding a gun from which came thin wisps of smoke."
N.C. Wyeth
1906
Dropping one of the sage-hens I asked the man behind me to pick it up. As he was groping for it I pulled one of my Colt's revolvers, and hit him over the head. He dropped senseless. // "Wheeling about I saw that the other man, hearing the fall, had turned, his hand upon his revolver. It was no time for argument. I fired and killed him."
Dropping one of the sage-hens I asked the man behind me to pick it up. As he was groping for it I pulled one of my Colt's revolvers, and hit him over the head. He dropped senseless. // "Wheeling about I saw that the other man, hearing the fall, had turned, his hand upon his revolver. It was no time for argument. I fired and killed him."
N.C. Wyeth
1916
After that I visited Lee, first at intervals of several days, then, by degrees, more frequently, until finally I became a daily user of opium.
After that I visited Lee, first at intervals of several days, then, by degrees, more frequently, until finally I became a daily user of opium.
N.C. Wyeth
1913
The first walking of Thorgunna. Great fear fell upon them: the marrow of their back grew cold.
The first walking of Thorgunna.
Great fear fell upon them: the marrow of their back grew cold.
N.C. Wyeth
1914