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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
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
(American, 1882 - 1945)

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

Alternate Title(s)
  • The Boy Vandemark Returns to His Home near the Erie Canal
Oil on canvas
1921
40 × 24 in. (101.6 × 61 cm)
SUPP2000.1197
Collection of Joel and Suzanne Sugg
Not on view
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
He Was as Good a Wrestler as He Was a Good Swordsman, but, with Bitter Anger in My Heart and a Vision of the Haunted Wood before My Eyes, I Think I Could Have Wrestled with Hercules and Won
He Was as Good a Wrestler as He Was a Good Swordsman, but, with Bitter Anger in My Heart and a Vision of the Haunted Wood before My Eyes, I Think I Could Have Wrestled with Hercules and Won
Frank E. Schoonover
1931
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
Back and forth across it we went, twisting, straining, holding our strength, each striving to break the grip of the other's fingers on his wrist. I felt his breath upon my face, saw his cold eyes like blue fire burning me.
Back and forth across it we went, twisting, straining, holding our strength, each striving to break the grip of the other's fingers on his wrist. I felt his breath upon my face, saw his cold eyes like blue fire burning me.
N.C. Wyeth
ca. 1914
That night a thankful father and mother knelt down beside the bed where their only daughter lay in a healthful sleep. A little girl had come back to her parents from the very gates of death. The Galilean stars looked down and smiled their benediction
That night a thankful father and mother knelt down beside the bed where their only daughter lay in a healthful sleep. A little girl had come back to her parents from the very gates of death. The Galilean stars looked down and smiled their benediction
N.C. Wyeth
1929
"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!"
N.C. Wyeth
1925
The girl watched her lover a little anxiously because he was moody. The visitor ate with his eyes down.
The girl watched her lover a little anxiously because he was moody. The visitor ate with his eyes down.
N.C. Wyeth
1916
I have my own way of doing things. . . . .Opposition is good to try one's metal on
I have my own way of doing things. . . . .Opposition is good to try one's metal on
N.C. Wyeth
1931
"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
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
The Three Knights "It is very fitting," said Chandos, "that we should be companions, Nigel, for since you have tied up one of your eyes, we have but a pair between us."
The Three Knights
"It is very fitting," said Chandos, "that we should be companions, Nigel, for since you have tied up one of your eyes, we have but a pair between us."
N.C. Wyeth
1922
Now he knew--the gods had reserved her for him! He leaped at her like a lion, shouting: "I too have found what I wanted--my share of the wealth of Asia!"
Now he knew--the gods had reserved her for him! He leaped at her like a lion, shouting: "I too have found what I wanted--my share of the wealth of Asia!"
N.C. Wyeth
1931