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Plate #34 | And even those whose nerves are strong | Must heave a groan when, darkly scowling, | The Quad-ri-wheeleon rolls along | And splits the welkin with his howling.
Plate #34 | And even those whose nerves are strong | Must heave a groan when, darkly scowling, | The Quad-ri-wheeleon rolls along | And splits the welkin with his howling.
Plate #34 | And even those whose nerves are strong | Must heave a groan when, darkly scowling, | The Quad-ri-wheeleon rolls along | And splits the welkin with his howling.
(American, 1872 - 1938)

Plate #34 | And even those whose nerves are strong | Must heave a groan when, darkly scowling, | The Quad-ri-wheeleon rolls along | And splits the welkin with his howling.

Watercolor and ink on illustration board
ca. 1915
11 1/8 × 14 1/8 in. (28.3 × 35.9 cm)
2005.15.34
Dedicated to the memory of Eleanore Shannon Scoville Wells, daughter of Royal Lacy Scoville, gift of Jonathan Godfrey Wells III and Peter Scoville Wells Sr., 2005
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Would the clock never strike? Nerves were snapping, but faces gave no hint of it.
Would the clock never strike? Nerves were snapping, but faces gave no hint of it.
N.C. Wyeth
1922
Plate #26 | Here laboring to wheel across | His bright young Hopeful in a barrow | We see the stern Sham-poot-er-os, | To tell whose deeds would freeze your marrow.
Plate #26 | Here laboring to wheel across | His bright young Hopeful in a barrow | We see the stern Sham-poot-er-os, | To tell whose deeds would freeze your marrow.
Royal Lacey Scoville
ca. 1915
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
Image Not Available for I see the cheeks are powder-burnt and there's a mark acrost his forehead like it was one time split open
I see the cheeks are powder-burnt and there's a mark acrost his forehead like it was one time split open
N.C. Wyeth
1919
"Roll Up a Couple of Big Melons," Said Haney Largely. "We're All Drying to Cinders Over Here"
"Roll Up a Couple of Big Melons," Said Haney Largely. "We're All Drying to Cinders Over Here"
N.C. Wyeth
1905
study of a fist holding a roll of paper
study of a fist holding a roll of paper
N.C. Wyeth
not dated
Plate #29 | In quick succession comes a group | Of Yammies straight from Yam-a-moto | The Foozlewugs, the Roll-a-hoop | And last of all the William-gotoe.
Plate #29 | In quick succession comes a group | Of Yammies straight from Yam-a-moto | The Foozlewugs, the Roll-a-hoop | And last of all the William-gotoe.
Royal Lacey Scoville
ca. 1915
Alleyne's ride with a message for the Prince He was dizzy, sick, faint, but he must not die, and he must not tarry, for his life meant many lives that day.
Alleyne's ride with a message for the Prince He was dizzy, sick, faint, but he must not die, and he must not tarry, for his life meant many lives that day.
N.C. Wyeth
1922
Untitled (desert scene)
Untitled (desert scene)
Frederic Roderigo Gruger
n.d.
No four-year-old in the county / Could beat him for pretty and strong
No four-year-old in the county / Could beat him for pretty and strong
N.C. Wyeth
1912
The White Company Day was already breaking in the east, and Sir Nigel's company, three hundred strong, were on their way for the defile.
The White Company
Day was already breaking in the east, and Sir Nigel's company, three hundred strong, were on their way for the defile.
N.C. Wyeth
1922
The Brushwood Folk and the Castle of Villefranche High and strong the chateau, lowly and weak the brushwood hut, but God help the seigneur and his lady when the men of the brushwood set their hands to the work of revenge!
The Brushwood Folk and the Castle of Villefranche High and strong the chateau, lowly and weak the brushwood hut, but God help the seigneur and his lady when the men of the brushwood set their hands to the work of revenge!
N.C. Wyeth
1922