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"Schmeckenbecker was more amusing than instructive"
"Schmeckenbecker was more amusing than instructive"
"Schmeckenbecker was more amusing than instructive"
(American, 1882 - 1945)

"Schmeckenbecker was more amusing than instructive"

Oil on canvas
1903
dimensions unavailable
SUPP2000.2400
known by reproduction only
Not on view
Mr. Balfour, of the House of Shaws What he was, whether by trade or birth, was more than I could fathom
Mr. Balfour, of the House of Shaws
What he was, whether by trade or birth, was more than I could fathom
N.C. Wyeth
1913
"I've seen him ride broncs that had piled the best of them, and as for roping--even the Mexican vaqueros have had to hand it to him more than once"
"I've seen him ride broncs that had piled the best of them, and as for roping--even the Mexican vaqueros have had to hand it to him more than once"
N.C. Wyeth
1925
"They fought with him on foot more than three hours, both before him and behind him"
"They fought with him on foot more than three hours, both before him and behind him"
N.C. Wyeth
1917
She leaned toward him with eyes shining more brightly than the moonlight in the wake of their canoe. "Oh, you're splendid."
She leaned toward him with eyes shining more brightly than the moonlight in the wake of their canoe. "Oh, you're splendid."
N.C. Wyeth
1911
"But Jean Baptiste and Cecile were left to dreams more beautiful than most, for they were real"
"But Jean Baptiste and Cecile were left to dreams more beautiful than most, for they were real"
N.C. Wyeth
1909
". . . . though these folks were evidently amusing themselves, yet they maintained the gravest faces, the most mysterious silence . . . ."
". . . . though these folks were evidently amusing themselves, yet they maintained the gravest faces, the most mysterious silence . . . ."
N.C. Wyeth
1921
"Schmeckenbecker faced the mob, gallantly shouting his defiance"
"Schmeckenbecker faced the mob, gallantly shouting his defiance"
N.C. Wyeth
1903
"He found Schmeckenbecker solemnly throwing dice"
"He found Schmeckenbecker solemnly throwing dice"
N.C. Wyeth
1903
David Gamut Never minstrel, or by whatever more suitable name David should be known, drew upon his talents in the presence of more insensible auditors
David Gamut Never minstrel, or by whatever more suitable name David should be known, drew upon his talents in the presence of more insensible auditors
N.C. Wyeth
1919
"Send him back? Not a bit of it! We're going to hang him higher than Haman"
"Send him back? Not a bit of it! We're going to hang him higher than Haman"
N.C. Wyeth
1912
Image Not Available for A gust, fiercer than any of its predecessors, heeled the Wanderer over and the lip of a comber climbed in over her counter and swept aft to the break of the poop.
A gust, fiercer than any of its predecessors, heeled the Wanderer over and the lip of a comber climbed in over her counter and swept aft to the break of the poop.
N.C. Wyeth
1923
"On nearer approach he was still more surprised at the singularity of the stranger's appearance."
"On nearer approach he was still more surprised at the singularity of the stranger's appearance."
N.C. Wyeth
1921