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Spent his days browsing in libraries, where he read omnivorously.
Spent his days browsing in libraries, where he read omnivorously.
Spent his days browsing in libraries, where he read omnivorously.
(American, 1882 - 1945)

Spent his days browsing in libraries, where he read omnivorously.

Oil on canvas
1908
dimensions unavailable
SUPP2000.1978
known by reproduction only
Destroyed by fire July 1908
Not on view
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
He rubbed his fire-smartened eyes to read . . . the Haileybury Commercial Club's invitation to the public.
He rubbed his fire-smartened eyes to read . . . the Haileybury Commercial Club's invitation to the public.
N.C. Wyeth
1913
Doctor Valliant often vanished for days and would reappear as inexplicably as he had vanished
Doctor Valliant often vanished for days and would reappear as inexplicably as he had vanished
N.C. Wyeth
1929
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
After the Day's Work
After the Day's Work
N.C. Wyeth
ca. 1924 / 1926
"However, after six days o' restin' up, with salubrious fruits an' wines an' the most melojus concerts, my capt'n broaches the cause of why we're callin' on the Don Hidalgo Rodreego Cazamma."
"However, after six days o' restin' up, with salubrious fruits an' wines an' the most melojus concerts, my capt'n broaches the cause of why we're callin' on the Don Hidalgo Rodreego Cazamma."
N.C. Wyeth
1915
Summer Days
Summer Days
N.C. Wyeth
ca. 1913 / 1915
After that I visited Lee, first at intervals of several days, then, by degrees, more frequently, until finally I became a daily user of opium.
After that I visited Lee, first at intervals of several days, then, by degrees, more frequently, until finally I became a daily user of opium.
N.C. Wyeth
1913
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
Robin and His Mother Go to Nottingham Fair The road wound in and about the forest, and at noon they came to a part where the trees nigh shut out the sky.
Robin and His Mother Go to Nottingham Fair
The road wound in and about the forest, and at noon they came to a part where the trees nigh shut out the sky.
N.C. Wyeth
1917
"In the morning I took the Bible; and beginning at the New Testament, I began seriously to read it--"
"In the morning I took the Bible; and beginning at the New Testament, I began seriously to read it--"
N.C. Wyeth
1920
There fell a long silence through which O'Hara read and Kenyon kept watch at the window.
There fell a long silence through which O'Hara read and Kenyon kept watch at the window.
N.C. Wyeth
1911