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"There Stood a Figure Beneath the Moon!"
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"There Stood a Figure Beneath the Moon!"
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N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
"There Stood a Figure Beneath the Moon!"
Oil on canvas
1924
dimensions unavailable
SUPP2000.1836
known by reproduction only
Not on view
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When the moon arose there was silhouetted across its face the dusky figure of a war-bonneted Sioux, rifle at shoulder, aiming at one of our party. Raising my gun I fired, and the brave came crashing down the bank.
N.C. Wyeth
1916
I found him sitting out under the moon, smoking a cheroot as usual.
N.C. Wyeth
1911
"An' the bridal couple'd be holdin' hands an' gazin' over the spanker-boom at the full moon."
N.C. Wyeth
1915
The Half Moon in the Hudson (decoration in three panels)
N.C. Wyeth
1924
Beneath the 6th Street Bridge / Fulton and Bessemer Buildings
Thornton Oakley
1913
Captain Tennant
Sturdy, composed, unhurried, he stood on the top step in the full uniform of an officer of the line. Behind him Hoddin, uniformed as well, locked the door.
N.C. Wyeth
1928
There, in a white world of mist, . . . he stood alone, fighting his battle between love for a girl and a standard of honor in the friendship of men.
N.C. Wyeth
1912
In the fork, like a mastheaded seaman, there stood a man in a green tabard, spying far and wide
N.C. Wyeth
1916
"I stood like one thunderstruck, or as if I had seen an apparition"
N.C. Wyeth
1920
"Nearest to the rough pine box stood the widow, with lowered eyes"
N.C. Wyeth
1907
It was a short, very stout, and very black negro who stood at attention before Captain Blaise.
N.C. Wyeth
1911
Dr. Clapton
He ventured no further remark, but stood there blinking and vaguely smiling
N.C. Wyeth
1928
