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Thorgunna, the Waif Woman

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Thorgunna, the Waif Woman

Thorgunna, the Waif Woman

(American, 1882 - 1945)

Thorgunna, the Waif Woman

Alternate Title(s)

The Viking's Wife

1914

44 1/4 × 32 1/4 in. (112.4 × 81.9 cm)

SUPP2000.1066

American Illustrators Gallery, New York, NY
On loan to the National Museum of American Illustration, Newport, RI

Not on view

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The Waif Woman, untitled headpiece illustration

The Waif Woman, untitled headpiece illustration

N.C. Wyeth

1914

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

The death of Finnward Keelfarer. This was the first vengeance of Thorgunna.

The death of Finnward Keelfarer. This was the first vengeance of Thorgunna.

N.C. Wyeth

1914

The Fugitives
"This way!" the woman whispered. "Into the stream to throw the dog off, though I think it is but a common cur, like its master."

The Fugitives
"This way!" the woman whispered. "Into the stream to throw the dog off, though I think it is but a common cur, like its master."

N.C. Wyeth

1922

"Do you mean that you do not care--that you do not hate and despise me? I have never known a woman like you. I have never believed that there were such women."

"Do you mean that you do not care--that you do not hate and despise me? I have never known a woman like you. I have never believed that there were such women."

N.C. Wyeth

1925

Letters of a Woman Homesteader, frontispiece illustration

Letters of a Woman Homesteader, frontispiece illustration

N.C. Wyeth

1914

Sitting in the bow of the boat, with his eyes fixed upon the woman who was nursing the Dane, was Stannard the Terrible!

Sitting in the bow of the boat, with his eyes fixed upon the woman who was nursing the Dane, was Stannard the Terrible!

N.C. Wyeth

1914

The Hag of the Rock
An old, old woman, gray-eyed, hook-nosed, wrinkled, was sitting on the rock and busily spinning.

The Hag of the Rock
An old, old woman, gray-eyed, hook-nosed, wrinkled, was sitting on the rock and busily spinning.

N.C. Wyeth

1912

If the woman in the wagon was scared to death at the sight of the prairie, I surely had cause to be afraid; but I was not. I was uplifted

If the woman in the wagon was scared to death at the sight of the prairie, I surely had cause to be afraid; but I was not. I was uplifted

N.C. Wyeth

1921

The Mother of John Paul Jones
A woman's drawn, sad face appeared at the door; she picked up the package, weighed it in her hand, then despite her years, shouted with extraordinary vigor at the fleeing youngster

The Mother of John Paul Jones
A woman's drawn, sad face appeared at the door; she picked up the package, weighed it in her hand, then despite her years, shouted with extraordinary vigor at the fleeing youngster

N.C. Wyeth

1928

title unknown (young woman on a sand dune)

title unknown (young woman on a sand dune)

N.C. Wyeth

ca. 1933 / 1937

Woman in Colonial Dress

Woman in Colonial Dress

N.C. Wyeth

ca. 1901-1902

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