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"They got to fightin' on which should get the first hoss: so I bent my gun on them and made them draw lots"
"They got to fightin' on which should get the first hoss: so I bent my gun on them and made them draw lots"
"They got to fightin' on which should get the first hoss: so I bent my gun on them and made them draw lots"
(American, 1882 - 1945)

"They got to fightin' on which should get the first hoss: so I bent my gun on them and made them draw lots"

Alternate Title(s)
  • Forced to Draw Lots
Oil on canvas
1906
38 × 26 in. (96.5 × 66 cm)
SUPP2000.531
Needham Free Public Library, Needham, Massachusetts
Not on view
"Oh," exclaimed Magnus, "You shouldn't talk so! Ve got plenty to eat. Dere bane lots people in Norvay would yump at de shance to yange places wit' us."
"Oh," exclaimed Magnus, "You shouldn't talk so! Ve got plenty to eat. Dere bane lots people in Norvay would yump at de shance to yange places wit' us."
N.C. Wyeth
1921
"I reaped it my way, for I cut nothing off but the ears, and carried it away in a great basket which I had made"
"I reaped it my way, for I cut nothing off but the ears, and carried it away in a great basket which I had made"
N.C. Wyeth
1920
I planted the layout and "lamped" out through the transom. I could see them at the head of the stairs, hammering on Kelly's door, and every man had his gun out
I planted the layout and "lamped" out through the transom. I could see them at the head of the stairs, hammering on Kelly's door, and every man had his gun out
N.C. Wyeth
1914
Little John Fights with the Cook in the Sheriff's House At last he made a dart upon Roger and the chase grew furious. Dishes, plates, covers, pots and pans--all that came in the way of them went flying.
Little John Fights with the Cook in the Sheriff's House
At last he made a dart upon Roger and the chase grew furious. Dishes, plates, covers, pots and pans--all that came in the way of them went flying.
N.C. Wyeth
1917
"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
I was scared by the report of the gun--so I clinched with the fellow and threw him out.
I was scared by the report of the gun--so I clinched with the fellow and threw him out.
N.C. Wyeth
1921
"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
The first walking of Thorgunna. Great fear fell upon them: the marrow of their back grew cold.
The first walking of Thorgunna.
Great fear fell upon them: the marrow of their back grew cold.
N.C. Wyeth
1914
And so the man of books and the Irish girl, that morning, found the bond of their friendship--a friendship that was to be to them, all the years of their lives, a very beautiful thing
And so the man of books and the Irish girl, that morning, found the bond of their friendship--a friendship that was to be to them, all the years of their lives, a very beautiful thing
N.C. Wyeth
1925
"From an upper snow platform to which the hard blocks were thrown, a second man heaved them over the bank."
"From an upper snow platform to which the hard blocks were thrown, a second man heaved them over the bank."
N.C. Wyeth
1906
I ran aft to the clear space abaft the funnel, and there I found the spiggoties shtandin', holdin' a council av war. I fired into the thick av them and had five av them down when that thievin' engineer come sneakin' up behind me and shtruck me on the back av the head wit' a monkey wrench
I ran aft to the clear space abaft the funnel, and there I found the spiggoties shtandin', holdin' a council av war. I fired into the thick av them and had five av them down when that thievin' engineer come sneakin' up behind me and shtruck me on the back av the head wit' a monkey wrench
N.C. Wyeth
1914
So the maiden went on, and little divined or imagined what was at work in his heart, that made him so awkward and speechless.
So the maiden went on, and little divined or imagined what was at work in his heart, that made him so awkward and speechless.
N.C. Wyeth
1920