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"I may never see this spot again, Deerslayer," she said, "and it contains the bodies of my mother and sister!"
"I may never see this spot again, Deerslayer," she said, "and it contains the bodies of my mother and sister!"
"I may never see this spot again, Deerslayer," she said, "and it contains the bodies of my mother and sister!"
(American, 1882 - 1945)

"I may never see this spot again, Deerslayer," she said, "and it contains the bodies of my mother and sister!"

Oil on canvas
1925
39 1/2 × 33 1/2 in. (100.3 × 85.1 cm)
SUPP2000.1178
Dr. and Mrs. Donald R. Counts
Not on view
"That trip with Charles was one of the happiest times in my whole life. I got acquainted with my boy in those two weeks, as I never knew him before. I found the man in him"
"That trip with Charles was one of the happiest times in my whole life. I got acquainted with my boy in those two weeks, as I never knew him before. I found the man in him"
N.C. Wyeth
1931
She was as slim as a boy, and danced with a lightness and suppleness of body and arms and hands unlike anything I have ever seen
She was as slim as a boy, and danced with a lightness and suppleness of body and arms and hands unlike anything I have ever seen
N.C. Wyeth
1923
John Rucker had become the dark cloud in my life. I think now that I was afraid of him because my mother was
John Rucker had become the dark cloud in my life. I think now that I was afraid of him because my mother was
N.C. Wyeth
1921
It was not signed. I read it slowly, because I was not very good at reading, and turned my eyes west-where my mother had gone
It was not signed. I read it slowly, because I was not very good at reading, and turned my eyes west-where my mother had gone
N.C. Wyeth
1921
"She didn't come - she didn't come," he said over and over to himself. "She didn't come to see her old dad - and it's Christmas Day"
"She didn't come - she didn't come," he said over and over to himself. "She didn't come to see her old dad - and it's Christmas Day"
N.C. Wyeth
1914
With a Rush She Was on Her Knees before Munn, Clutching Him about the Legs . . . "He Didn't Do It! Don't Take Him! He's My Baby! He Never Harmed Anybody!"
With a Rush She Was on Her Knees before Munn, Clutching Him about the Legs . . . "He Didn't Do It! Don't Take Him! He's My Baby! He Never Harmed Anybody!"
N.C. Wyeth
1920
"My great white brothers," said Chief Santanta, after loading the peace-pipe and passing it to General Sherman, "I welcome you to my camp and to my people!"
"My great white brothers," said Chief Santanta, after loading the peace-pipe and passing it to General Sherman, "I welcome you to my camp and to my people!"
N.C. Wyeth
1916
I said good-bye to Mother and the cove
I said good-bye to Mother and the cove
N.C. Wyeth
1911
"I left the two there together, both crying. She went West that night, and Dayton Tom was never the same man afterward"
"I left the two there together, both crying. She went West that night, and Dayton Tom was never the same man afterward"
N.C. Wyeth
1914
"And whom may I say the message is from?"
"And whom may I say the message is from?"
N.C. Wyeth
1906
"Howdy, Shade. I see your hunt for gold hasn't improved your manners," he said mockingly.
"Howdy, Shade. I see your hunt for gold hasn't improved your manners," he said mockingly.
N.C. Wyeth
1929
"- and then he kneeled down again, kissed the ground, and taking me by the foot, set my foot upon his head"
"- and then he kneeled down again, kissed the ground, and taking me by the foot, set my foot upon his head"
N.C. Wyeth
1920