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A Fighting Chance
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A Fighting Chance
A Fighting Chance
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)

A Fighting Chance

Alternate Title(s)
  • Man with Wolves
Oil on canvas
1908 / 1910
38 × 47 in. (96.5 × 119.4 cm)
SUPP2000.477
Private collection
Not on view
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"When my brother Larry had a chance to come to America . . ."
"When my brother Larry had a chance to come to America . . ."
N.C. Wyeth
1925
"Say Pardner," He Ventured To A Hairy Old Timer On A Pea-Green Landau, "What's The Chance For A Job Around Here?"
"Say Pardner," He Ventured To A Hairy Old Timer On A Pea-Green Landau, "What's The Chance For A Job Around Here?"
N.C. Wyeth
1925
"That's right," said the old captain; "take your time and get a good look round.  It's your last chance, son!"
"That's right," said the old captain; "take your time and get a good look round. It's your last chance, son!"
N.C. Wyeth
1914
There, in a white world of mist, . . . he stood alone, fighting his battle between love for a girl and a standard of honor in the friendship of men.
There, in a white world of mist, . . . he stood alone, fighting his battle between love for a girl and a standard of honor in the friendship of men.
N.C. Wyeth
1912
They were now fighting above the knees in the spume and bubble of the breakers
They were now fighting above the knees in the spume and bubble of the breakers
N.C. Wyeth
1916
untitled (cowboy and Indian, fighting with a knife on galloping horses)
untitled (cowboy and Indian, fighting with a knife on galloping horses)
N.C. Wyeth
ca. 1904
Image Not Available for Fighting the fire from the telephone poles.
Fighting the fire from the telephone poles.
N.C. Wyeth
1904
Untitled (study of two boxers fighting)
Untitled (study of two boxers fighting)
N.C. Wyeth
ca. 1927
Image Not Available for Untitled (two pirates sword fighting)
Untitled (two pirates sword fighting)
N.C. Wyeth
date not known
"War Is the Only Chance for a Poor Man,"  He Laughed.
"War Is the Only Chance for a Poor Man," He Laughed.
Frederic Roderigo Gruger
1927
The Battle of Bunker Hill - Watching the Fighting from Copp's Hill in Boston
The Battle of Bunker Hill - Watching the Fighting from Copp's Hill in Boston
Winslow Homer
1875
Untitled (two men sword fighting)
Untitled (two men sword fighting)
Howard Pyle
n.d.

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