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"When Drake saw for the first time the waters of the South Sea."
"When Drake saw for the first time the waters of the South Sea."
"When Drake saw for the first time the waters of the South Sea."
(American, 1882 - 1945)

"When Drake saw for the first time the waters of the South Sea."

Alternate Title(s)
  • Sir Francis Drake
Oil on canvas
1906
37 1/4 × 23 1/4 in. (94.6 × 59.1 cm)
SUPP2000.695
Private collection, Gates Mills, OH
Not on view
When Sir Percival came nigh the brim, and saw the water so boisterous, he doubted to overpass it
When Sir Percival came nigh the brim, and saw the water so boisterous, he doubted to overpass it
N.C. Wyeth
1917
Captives When the pilot chosen for the task of guiding the canoe had taken his station, the whole band plunged again into the river, the vessel glided down the current and in a few moments the captives found themselves on the south bank of the stream.
Captives When the pilot chosen for the task of guiding the canoe had taken his station, the whole band plunged again into the river, the vessel glided down the current and in a few moments the captives found themselves on the south bank of the stream.
N.C. Wyeth
1919
And Looked Out Beyond the Tumbled Shore Ice to the Steel-Gray Angry Waters
And Looked Out Beyond the Tumbled Shore Ice to the Steel-Gray Angry Waters
N.C. Wyeth
1908
The Brig "Covenant" in a Fog All afternoon, when I went on deck, I saw men and officers listening hard over the bulwarks
The Brig "Covenant" in a Fog
All afternoon, when I went on deck, I saw men and officers listening hard over the bulwarks
N.C. Wyeth
1913
Dropping one of the sage-hens I asked the man behind me to pick it up. As he was groping for it I pulled one of my Colt's revolvers, and hit him over the head. He dropped senseless. // "Wheeling about I saw that the other man, hearing the fall, had turned, his hand upon his revolver. It was no time for argument. I fired and killed him."
Dropping one of the sage-hens I asked the man behind me to pick it up. As he was groping for it I pulled one of my Colt's revolvers, and hit him over the head. He dropped senseless. // "Wheeling about I saw that the other man, hearing the fall, had turned, his hand upon his revolver. It was no time for argument. I fired and killed him."
N.C. Wyeth
1916
On the Sea Wall with John Paul Jones For a long moment Paul Jones gazed out over the crowded shipping, down the long narrow harbor, out to the open water. He whistled dolefully between his teeth
On the Sea Wall with John Paul Jones
For a long moment Paul Jones gazed out over the crowded shipping, down the long narrow harbor, out to the open water. He whistled dolefully between his teeth
N.C. Wyeth
1928
Captain Flood Never had time to follow Scripteh much, what with following the sea. But I respects a man that does
Captain Flood
Never had time to follow Scripteh much, what with following the sea. But I respects a man that does
N.C. Wyeth
ca. 1928
untitled (tree-framed view of white building at water's edge)
untitled (tree-framed view of white building at water's edge)
N.C. Wyeth
ca. 1912/1913
Pastoral Landscape, Cows by Water's Edge
Pastoral Landscape, Cows by Water's Edge
Herman Herzog
ca. 1880
When he was fourteen, Michael Strogoff had killed his first bear, quite alone.
When he was fourteen, Michael Strogoff had killed his first bear, quite alone.
N.C. Wyeth
1927
I had half seen how he had rested his elbow on the hedge and carried his head to one side when he fired that first shot.
I had half seen how he had rested his elbow on the hedge and carried his head to one side when he fired that first shot.
N.C. Wyeth
1911
"At first, for some time, I was not able to answer him one word; but as he had taken me in his arms, I held fast by him, or I should have fallen to the ground"
"At first, for some time, I was not able to answer him one word; but as he had taken me in his arms, I held fast by him, or I should have fallen to the ground"
N.C. Wyeth
1920