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"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"
"But, Father, I can't go to Rob without clothes, like a beggar girl. I wish I were dead"
(American, 1882 - 1945)

"But, Father, I can't go to Rob without clothes, like a beggar girl. I wish I were dead"

1914
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"I wish you could see yourself; I wish I could tell you how you look."
"I wish you could see yourself; I wish I could tell you how you look."
N.C. Wyeth
1930 / 1931
"I remember," writes Buffalo Bill, "the next day father began trading with the Indians, who were so pleased over the bargins we offered that they sent their friends back to us after they cantered away."
"I remember," writes Buffalo Bill, "the next day father began trading with the Indians, who were so pleased over the bargins we offered that they sent their friends back to us after they cantered away."
N.C. Wyeth
1916
"Do you mean that you do not care--that you do not hate and despise me? I have never known a woman like you. I have never believed that there were such women."
"Do you mean that you do not care--that you do not hate and despise me? I have never known a woman like you. I have never believed that there were such women."
N.C. Wyeth
1925
Plate #15 | Then balanced on its powerful tail, | (The feat is awkward, but -- no matter) | Behold the High-browed Cubin-gale, | Much like a Clothes-horse on a platter.
Plate #15 | Then balanced on its powerful tail, | (The feat is awkward, but -- no matter) | Behold the High-browed Cubin-gale, | Much like a Clothes-horse on a platter.
Royal Lacey Scoville
ca. 1915
I remember how Rowena looked back at us, as the Gowdy buggy went off like the wind, with Buck's arm behind the girl to keep her from jouncing out
I remember how Rowena looked back at us, as the Gowdy buggy went off like the wind, with Buck's arm behind the girl to keep her from jouncing out
N.C. Wyeth
1921
"Mother, you sent me for a clothes-line--I've been delayed--but here it is"
"Mother, you sent me for a clothes-line--I've been delayed--but here it is"
N.C. Wyeth
1909
His queer shabby clothes, his big stooping frame, his sad black eyes, absent almost to vacancy.
His queer shabby clothes, his big stooping frame, his sad black eyes, absent almost to vacancy.
N.C. Wyeth
1910
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 know what you're thinking of, old General," says Lefty. "Your dream it was to go--when it come your time to go--"
"I know what you're thinking of, old General," says Lefty. "Your dream it was to go--when it come your time to go--"
N.C. Wyeth
1919
"I would like to have known my grand father better," bottom half of composition drawing
"I would like to have known my grand father better," bottom half of composition drawing
N.C. Wyeth
1934
"I am here to give you this before you go"
"I am here to give you this before you go"
N.C. Wyeth
1905
"God's light! I'll question him: ay, and wring an answer from him if I have to put a length of whipcord round his temples! Now go your way," the governor informed him
"God's light! I'll question him: ay, and wring an answer from him if I have to put a length of whipcord round his temples! Now go your way," the governor informed him
N.C. Wyeth
ca. 1928