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My English friend thought it was a hold-up.
My English friend thought it was a hold-up.
My English friend thought it was a hold-up.
(American, 1882 - 1945)

My English friend thought it was a hold-up.

Alternate Title(s)
  • The Admirable Outlaw; "A Word of Precaution to the Passengers"; Stage Coach
Oil on canvas
1906
38 × 23 5/8 in. (96.5 × 60 cm)
SUPP2000.378
National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, Oklahoma City, OK
Not on view
I jumped down into the stream and caught her in my arms as she was losing her hold
I jumped down into the stream and caught her in my arms as she was losing her hold
N.C. Wyeth
1921
The Hold-Up
The Hold-Up
George Hand Wright
n.d.
Under Svenson's charge the spell of the desert took hold.
Under Svenson's charge the spell of the desert took hold.
N.C. Wyeth
1909
Dan, nearly unseated, had dropped his lance to catch hold of his charger's wool.
Dan, nearly unseated, had dropped his lance to catch hold of his charger's wool.
N.C. Wyeth
1930 /1931
caption: Reconstructed image, using confocal XRF and XRF intensity mapping. Courtesy of Jennif…
Slag charged with the momentum of an avalanche across the shed; and Hulda, watching, thought he must sweep Eben back into the flaming stack.
N.C. Wyeth
1918
At Queen's Ferry And the spirit of all that I beheld put me in thoughts of far voyages and foreign places
At Queen's Ferry
And the spirit of all that I beheld put me in thoughts of far voyages and foreign places
N.C. Wyeth
1913
In the ancient two-cylinder tug which he had acquired Fanning waved cheerily at a trainman, and at that identical moment the broker got a tail hold on an inspiration
In the ancient two-cylinder tug which he had acquired Fanning waved cheerily at a trainman, and at that identical moment the broker got a tail hold on an inspiration
N.C. Wyeth
1915
"However, after six days o' restin' up, with salubrious fruits an' wines an' the most melojus concerts, my capt'n broaches the cause of why we're callin' on the Don Hidalgo Rodreego Cazamma."
"However, after six days o' restin' up, with salubrious fruits an' wines an' the most melojus concerts, my capt'n broaches the cause of why we're callin' on the Don Hidalgo Rodreego Cazamma."
N.C. Wyeth
1915
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
".... and preferred making friends among the rising generation, with whom he grew into great favor."
".... and preferred making friends among the rising generation, with whom he grew into great favor."
N.C. Wyeth
1921
We just naturally fights like a pair of friends and gentlemen. Bite, kick, and gouge; but no hard feelin's between me and you!
We just naturally fights like a pair of friends and gentlemen. Bite, kick, and gouge; but no hard feelin's between me and you!
N.C. Wyeth
1915 / 1916
The old friends sat about the fireplace and told stories.
The old friends sat about the fireplace and told stories.
N.C. Wyeth
1904