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The children were playing at marriage-by-capture.
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The children were playing at marriage-by-capture.
The children were playing at marriage-by-capture.
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)

The children were playing at marriage-by-capture.

Oil on canvas
1911
46 1/2 × 38 in. (118.1 × 96.5 cm)
SUPP2000.431
The Andrew and Betsy Wyeth Collection
Not on view
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Brook Hill Home and Two Children Playing
Brook Hill Home and Two Children Playing
N.C. Wyeth
ca. 1913 / 1915
The capture of the orang
The capture of the orang
N.C. Wyeth
1918
title unknown (two men playing cards by candlelight in cabin)
title unknown (two men playing cards by candlelight in cabin)
N.C. Wyeth
1908 / 1915
From Behind His Back Indians Bounded Down Toward Him, Eager to Capture Him Alive
From Behind His Back Indians Bounded Down Toward Him, Eager to Capture Him Alive
N.C. Wyeth
1910
Magua Captures Alice He hesitated a moment; and then catching the light and senseless form of Alice in his arms, the subtle Indian moved swiftly across the plain toward the woods
Magua Captures Alice He hesitated a moment; and then catching the light and senseless form of Alice in his arms, the subtle Indian moved swiftly across the plain toward the woods
N.C. Wyeth
1919
I look up for my land and see instead something like a bird playing tag against the moonshine
I look up for my land and see instead something like a bird playing tag against the moonshine
N.C. Wyeth
1919
I turned cold as I thought of her playing with her doll while I had been out on the prairie laying poison plots against her innocence, her trust in me
I turned cold as I thought of her playing with her doll while I had been out on the prairie laying poison plots against her innocence, her trust in me
N.C. Wyeth
1921
unidentified (children on sleds)
unidentified (children on sleds)
N.C. Wyeth
1911 / 1920
Merely three children.
Merely three children.
N.C. Wyeth
1904
"Suffer the Little Children to Come Unto Me"
"Suffer the Little Children to Come Unto Me"
N.C. Wyeth
ca. 1920
"Your father--" Sabra would begin courageously, resolved to make him live again in the minds of the children
"Your father--" Sabra would begin courageously, resolved to make him live again in the minds of the children
N.C. Wyeth
1929
Courtesy of The Illustration Gallery
The father kept the children near him, but always young Olaf looked with tragic eyes toward the slope where Padfoot waited.
N.C. Wyeth
1923

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