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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....
These swamps, where fever-maddened men have pressed / To fight and die for gold....
(American, 1882 - 1945)

These swamps, where fever-maddened men have pressed / To fight and die for gold....

Oil on canvas
1914
dimensions unavailable
SUPP2000.2013
known by reproduction only
Not on view
He turned and pinned the thing which men die for on the shabby coat of the guide.
He turned and pinned the thing which men die for on the shabby coat of the guide.
N.C. Wyeth
1919
The Governor, infuriated by the attack upon him, thundered: "Stand where you are, or, on my oath, my men shall cut you down!"
The Governor, infuriated by the attack upon him, thundered: "Stand where you are, or, on my oath, my men shall cut you down!"
N.C. Wyeth
1929
While the soldiers pressed for a closer view, and a thrill of expectancy ran through them all, Jehoiada led Joash out from behind the pillar. A trembling little fellow, a wondering, wide-eyed lad, but a son of the line of David, every inch a king!
While the soldiers pressed for a closer view, and a thrill of expectancy ran through them all, Jehoiada led Joash out from behind the pillar. A trembling little fellow, a wondering, wide-eyed lad, but a son of the line of David, every inch a king!
N.C. Wyeth
1929
Buffalo Swamp
Buffalo Swamp
N.C. Wyeth
ca. 1923
Deep in hollow sockets his hot eyes burned, red with fever. He sat his horse like an old man, haggard and bent.
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
The Supplicant Cora had cast herself to her knees; and, with hands clenched in each other and pressed upon her bosom, she remained like a beauteous and breathing model of her sex
The Supplicant Cora had cast herself to her knees; and, with hands clenched in each other and pressed upon her bosom, she remained like a beauteous and breathing model of her sex
N.C. Wyeth
1919
"Quiscanto vascamo mirajjar," which is Yunzano for "I am satisfied, I can now die happy."
"Quiscanto vascamo mirajjar," which is Yunzano for "I am satisfied, I can now die happy."
N.C. Wyeth
1915
Alleyne's ride with a message for the Prince He was dizzy, sick, faint, but he must not die, and he must not tarry, for his life meant many lives that day.
Alleyne's ride with a message for the Prince He was dizzy, sick, faint, but he must not die, and he must not tarry, for his life meant many lives that day.
N.C. Wyeth
1922
"I Thank Him for the Knowledge That - I Shall Not Tell! . . . And, Perhaps, . . . I Shall Not Wholly Die. . . . Perhaps"
"I Thank Him for the Knowledge That - I Shall Not Tell! . . . And, Perhaps, . . . I Shall Not Wholly Die. . . . Perhaps"
N.C. Wyeth
1910
Image Not Available for Sea Fever
Sea Fever
N.C. Wyeth
1937
Revolutionary Soldiers Moving Through A Swamp
Revolutionary Soldiers Moving Through A Swamp
Herbert Morton Stoops
ca. 1947
We were three days taking out even what gold and gems we could load on ourselves and our beasts, the treasure of three queens' pardons
We were three days taking out even what gold and gems we could load on ourselves and our beasts, the treasure of three queens' pardons
N.C. Wyeth
ca. 1922