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The Philosopher's Stone
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caption: Image as published in Saturday Evening Post, April 5, 1919 (vol. 191, no. 40), p. 48)
The Philosopher's Stone
The Philosopher's Stone
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caption: Image as published in Saturday Evening Post, April 5, 1919 (vol. 191, no. 40), p. 48)
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)

The Philosopher's Stone

Oil on canvas
ca. 1919
32 1/8 × 42 3/16 in. (81.6 × 107.2 cm)
SUPP2000.670
Private collection
Not on view
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Portrait of a Philosopher, headpiece illustration
Portrait of a Philosopher, headpiece illustration
N.C. Wyeth
1910
". . . with stones . . . he shaped them into rude knives."
". . . with stones . . . he shaped them into rude knives."
N.C. Wyeth
1906
When I tried with cracked lips and swollen tongue to babble of what I had witnessed, he called me a liar and threw stones at me so that I had to crawl into a crevice in the rocks to dodge the missiles.
When I tried with cracked lips and swollen tongue to babble of what I had witnessed, he called me a liar and threw stones at me so that I had to crawl into a crevice in the rocks to dodge the missiles.
N.C. Wyeth
1914
untitled (landscape with stone wall and cottages; verso, two composition sketches in pencil)
untitled (landscape with stone wall and cottages; verso, two composition sketches in pencil)
N.C. Wyeth
1902
The Philosopher
The Philosopher
Elizabeth Shippen Green
n.d.
Untitled (rocky field with several trees and a stone wall)
Untitled (rocky field with several trees and a stone wall)
N.C. Wyeth
ca. 1902
Helen descends the Glen of Stones
Helen descends the Glen of Stones
N.C. Wyeth
1921
Still Life of Stone Jug
Still Life of Stone Jug
Peter Hurd
ca. 1925-1929
The tide! And the stones were wet where the water had been.
The tide! And the stones were wet where the water had been.
N.C. Wyeth
1924
Untitled (study of a window with iron work in a stone wall)
Untitled (study of a window with iron work in a stone wall)
N.C. Wyeth
Prior to 1902
Stone Pines in the South of France
Stone Pines in the South of France
Arthur B. Carles
ca. 1904-1907
Stone House
Stone House
Peter Hurd
n.d.

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