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"For four long summer months of dust and heat Cassidy had been a freighter"
"For four long summer months of dust and heat Cassidy had been a freighter"
"For four long summer months of dust and heat Cassidy had been a freighter"
(American, 1882 - 1945)

"For four long summer months of dust and heat Cassidy had been a freighter"

Alternate Title(s)
  • The Freighter; The Ore Wagon (The Misadventures of Cassidy); The Stage Driver
Oil on canvas
1907
38 × 25 in. (96.5 × 63.5 cm)
SUPP2000.107
Courtesy of Wells Fargo
Not on view
For three months he worked as an axeman . . . his only companion a dour Scotchman who never spoke.
For three months he worked as an axeman . . . his only companion a dour Scotchman who never spoke.
N.C. Wyeth
1911
Queen Elizabeth I--For Months Elizabeth Is Imprisoned in the Tower
Queen Elizabeth I--For Months Elizabeth Is Imprisoned in the Tower
Frank Godwin
1929
"Mr. Cassidy . . . saw a crimson rider sweep down upon him . . . heralded by a blazing .41"
"Mr. Cassidy . . . saw a crimson rider sweep down upon him . . . heralded by a blazing .41"
N.C. Wyeth
1906
"Here they used to sit in the shade through a long lazy summer's day, talking listlessly over village gossip or telling endless sleepy stories about nothing."
"Here they used to sit in the shade through a long lazy summer's day, talking listlessly over village gossip or telling endless sleepy stories about nothing."
N.C. Wyeth
1921
Kindly but sternly Eli watched the little Samuel. Had he been too indulgent with his own boys? He must not make the same mistake with this young life. Earnestly he taught and admonished and corrected, and "the child Samuel grew on, and was in favor both with the Lord, and also with men"
Kindly but sternly Eli watched the little Samuel. Had he been too indulgent with his own boys? He must not make the same mistake with this young life. Earnestly he taught and admonished and corrected, and "the child Samuel grew on, and was in favor both with the Lord, and also with men"
N.C. Wyeth
1928
Somewhere at some dim time he and this girl, as yet unnamed to him, had been indissolubly united.
Somewhere at some dim time he and this girl, as yet unnamed to him, had been indissolubly united.
N.C. Wyeth
1928
Where there had been no tree, now there was a tree. It changed the plain
Where there had been no tree, now there was a tree. It changed the plain
N.C. Wyeth
1930
I had many friends among professional thieves. From the very first I had been "right"
I had many friends among professional thieves. From the very first I had been "right"
N.C. Wyeth
ca. 1913
The pale, moonlit city lay all about us in a ghostly circle. Mosulla and I had never been so close in spirit
The pale, moonlit city lay all about us in a ghostly circle. Mosulla and I had never been so close in spirit
N.C. Wyeth
1923
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
"Mr. Gray, who had been chatting with Wing Foo, offered to go along and help"
"Mr. Gray, who had been chatting with Wing Foo, offered to go along and help"
N.C. Wyeth
1925
One last tremendous cut which would certainly have split him to the chin[e] had it not been intercepted by our big signboard of Admiral Benbow
One last tremendous cut which would certainly have split him to the chin[e] had it not been intercepted by our big signboard of Admiral Benbow
N.C. Wyeth
1911