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caption: Image as reproduced on cover of Country Gentleman Magazine, showing original appearanc…
Old Kris
Old Kris
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caption: Image as reproduced on cover of Country Gentleman Magazine, showing original appearanc…
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)

Old Kris

Alternate Title(s)
  • Ole St. Nick; " 'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse"
Oil on canvas
ca. 1925
39 1/2 × 29 1/2 in. (100.3 × 74.9 cm)
SUPP2000.50
The Wyeth Foundation, Chadds Ford, PA
Not on view
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Portrait of Old Kris
Portrait of Old Kris
Thornton Oakley
1902
"Ahi! If he hurts so much as the little finger of my captain," Memgumban screamed, "I shall tie you to an ant hill." And he leaped at the Chinaman with his kris
"Ahi! If he hurts so much as the little finger of my captain," Memgumban screamed, "I shall tie you to an ant hill." And he leaped at the Chinaman with his kris
N.C. Wyeth
1919
The Hag of the Rock An old, old woman, gray-eyed, hook-nosed, wrinkled, was sitting on the rock and busily spinning.
The Hag of the Rock
An old, old woman, gray-eyed, hook-nosed, wrinkled, was sitting on the rock and busily spinning.
N.C. Wyeth
1912
The old friends sat about the fireplace and told stories.
The old friends sat about the fireplace and told stories.
N.C. Wyeth
1904
"How are you old man! Glad to see you."
"How are you old man! Glad to see you."
N.C. Wyeth
1911-1915
The Fraser Family He was crammed, stiff and heated, into the old chaise between his parents
The Fraser Family
He was crammed, stiff and heated, into the old chaise between his parents
N.C. Wyeth
1928
Old Albert
Old Albert
N.C. Wyeth
ca. 1928
He stopped two or three steps up and sang me a little song-quite like the old Dave
He stopped two or three steps up and sang me a little song-quite like the old Dave
N.C. Wyeth
1913
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
Aunt Jemima Bids Goodbye to the Old Plantation
Aunt Jemima Bids Goodbye to the Old Plantation
N.C. Wyeth
ca. 1920
Christmas in Old Virginia
Christmas in Old Virginia
N.C. Wyeth
1927
He perceived, at some yards from the ruin of the building, an old man surrounded by weeping children.
He perceived, at some yards from the ruin of the building, an old man surrounded by weeping children.
N.C. Wyeth
1927

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