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"I saw his horse jump back, dodgin' a rattlesnake or somethin' "
"I saw his horse jump back, dodgin' a rattlesnake or somethin' "
"I saw his horse jump back, dodgin' a rattlesnake or somethin' "
(American, 1882 - 1945)

"I saw his horse jump back, dodgin' a rattlesnake or somethin' "

Alternate Title(s)
  • Dodgin' a Rattler; Dodging the Rattlesnake
Oil on canvas
1905
36 × 23 3/4 in. (91.4 × 60.3 cm)
SUPP2000.714
Courtesy of Wells Fargo
Not on view
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
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
"'It's a scientific, historic, precise'--and at every word his big hand made the glasses jump--'designation of him'"
"'It's a scientific, historic, precise'--and at every word his big hand made the glasses jump--'designation of him'"
N.C. Wyeth
1903
"Take Me Back--Inside," Alice Said to the Man Who Had Her in His Arms. "I Feel Cold Here."
"Take Me Back--Inside," Alice Said to the Man Who Had Her in His Arms. "I Feel Cold Here."
N.C. Wyeth
1908
After a long look I saw that he did not resume his narrative. By that I knew that the stranger was troubling him.
After a long look I saw that he did not resume his narrative. By that I knew that the stranger was troubling him.
N.C. Wyeth
1911
Image Not Available for In ten seconds his gun was leveled in their gaping faces. "Back!" he yelled, his blue eyes black like a maniac's; "fall back!"
In ten seconds his gun was leveled in their gaping faces. "Back!" he yelled, his blue eyes black like a maniac's; "fall back!"
N.C. Wyeth
1917
The man with the hatful of cards picked a hand out of his reserves, put the hat on his head and raised Bill a hundred. Bill came back with a raise of two hundred, and as the other covered it he shoved a pistol into his face observing: "I'm calling the hand that is in your hat."
The man with the hatful of cards picked a hand out of his reserves, put the hat on his head and raised Bill a hundred. Bill came back with a raise of two hundred, and as the other covered it he shoved a pistol into his face observing: "I'm calling the hand that is in your hat."
N.C. Wyeth
1916
Robin Hood Defeats Nat of Nottingham at Quarter-staff The beggar dealt his foe a back-thrust so neatly, so heartily, and so swiftly that Nat was swept off the stage into the crowd as a fly off a table.
Robin Hood Defeats Nat of Nottingham at Quarter-staff
The beggar dealt his foe a back-thrust so neatly, so heartily, and so swiftly that Nat was swept off the stage into the crowd as a fly off a table.
N.C. Wyeth
1917
Jonathan shot, as he walked along, and the boy, running ahead, picked up the arrows and brought them back. And when they were out of sight of the court, they went toward a rock named Ezel, accessible from the wilderness and not far from the road. There David had hidden, straining his ears for the words that might mean life or death
Jonathan shot, as he walked along, and the boy, running ahead, picked up the arrows and brought them back. And when they were out of sight of the court, they went toward a rock named Ezel, accessible from the wilderness and not far from the road. There David had hidden, straining his ears for the words that might mean life or death
N.C. Wyeth
1929
As I turned I saw her kneeling there, her hair all about her face, with her hands stretched out to me: and then I walked blindly away into the long grass of the marsh
As I turned I saw her kneeling there, her hair all about her face, with her hands stretched out to me: and then I walked blindly away into the long grass of the marsh
N.C. Wyeth
1921
But Rodney stepped back, his hand rising to his forehead in salute. "Captain Hurst," he said.
But Rodney stepped back, his hand rising to his forehead in salute. "Captain Hurst," he said.
N.C. Wyeth
1913
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