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He perceived, at some yards from the ruin of the building, an old man surrounded by weeping children.
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He perceived, at some yards from the ruin of the building, an old man surrounded by weeping children.
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N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
He perceived, at some yards from the ruin of the building, an old man surrounded by weeping children.
Oil on canvas
1927
40 1/4 × 30 1/2 in. (102.2 × 77.5 cm)
SUPP2000.221
Private collection
Not on view
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Behind, not two hundred yards away, were two Indians.
N.C. Wyeth
1905
The effect was startling. The man's feet left the ground and he fell with a thud as if dropped from some height . . .
N.C. Wyeth
1925
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for He was searching the Old Testament for some strong and bitter text.
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N.C. Wyeth
1906
"If there is such a thing as justice or right anywhere, here or in some other world, that old man has a lot coming to him," said Cushions reverently
N.C. Wyeth
1914
The Wreck of the "Covenant"
It was the spare yard I had got hold of, and I was amazed to see how far I had travelled from the brig
N.C. Wyeth
1913
"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 (farm yard scene)
N.C. Wyeth
1902
Once the girl started through the yard as though she would rush after them and stopped at the gate.
N.C. Wyeth
1930 / 1931
"It was with some difficulty that he found the way to his own house, which he approached with silent awe, expecting every moment to hear the shrill voice of Dame Van Winkle."
N.C. Wyeth
1921
He looked at the boy a long time and fancied he could see some resemblance to the portrait.
N.C. Wyeth
1930 / 1931
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
Ruin
Dorothy P. Lathrop
ca. 1919
