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Memgumban, back in the steamy hills, was unhappy. The hills were sadly unimproved real estate. Trees full of pythons, jungles swarming with nasty little hill dwarfs who blew poisoned arrows at you as a pasttime.
Memgumban, back in the steamy hills, was unhappy. The hills were sadly unimproved real estate. Trees full of pythons, jungles swarming with nasty little hill dwarfs who blew poisoned arrows at you as a pasttime.
Memgumban, back in the steamy hills, was unhappy. The hills were sadly unimproved real estate. Trees full of pythons, jungles swarming with nasty little hill dwarfs who blew poisoned arrows at you as a pasttime.
(American, 1882 - 1945)

Memgumban, back in the steamy hills, was unhappy. The hills were sadly unimproved real estate. Trees full of pythons, jungles swarming with nasty little hill dwarfs who blew poisoned arrows at you as a pasttime.

Oil on canvas
1919
30 1/4 × 42 in. (76.8 × 106.7 cm)
SUPP2000.680
Private collection
Not on view
Image Not Available for Louise Loved to Climb to the Summit of One of the Barren Hills Flanking the River, and Stand There While the Wind Blew.
Louise Loved to Climb to the Summit of One of the Barren Hills Flanking the River, and Stand There While the Wind Blew.
N.C. Wyeth
1907
untitled (Chadds Ford landscape sketch of hills, with rail fence and unfinished tree in foreground)
untitled (Chadds Ford landscape sketch of hills, with rail fence and unfinished tree in foreground)
N.C. Wyeth
ca. 1912 / 1915
Chadds Ford Hills
Chadds Ford Hills
N.C. Wyeth
1927
Study for a Landscape Mural (hills and a farm)
Study for a Landscape Mural (hills and a farm)
N.C. Wyeth
1927
The Indian Longthought "All night they drum, and never cease until the Sun, the Bloody Hunter, sets the hills on fire"
The Indian Longthought
"All night they drum, and never cease until the Sun, the Bloody Hunter, sets the hills on fire"
N.C. Wyeth
1928
Think What Might Happen if It Was Not Protected by Those Hills!
Think What Might Happen if It Was Not Protected by Those Hills!
N.C. Wyeth
1913
"Ahi! If he hurts so much as the little finger of my captain," Memgumban screamed, "I shall tie you to an ant hill." And he leaped at the Chinaman with his kris
"Ahi! If he hurts so much as the little finger of my captain," Memgumban screamed, "I shall tie you to an ant hill." And he leaped at the Chinaman with his kris
N.C. Wyeth
1919
Behind Simpson's dead-mule barricade we made ready for attack from the circling redskins. The carcases were soon stuck full of arrows, and Woods was winged in the shoulder.
Behind Simpson's dead-mule barricade we made ready for attack from the circling redskins. The carcases were soon stuck full of arrows, and Woods was winged in the shoulder.
N.C. Wyeth
1916
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
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
Robin Hood and His Companions Lend Aid to Will o' th' Green from Ambush Their arrows flew together, marvellous shots, each finding its prey.
Robin Hood and His Companions Lend Aid to Will o' th' Green from Ambush
Their arrows flew together, marvellous shots, each finding its prey.
N.C. Wyeth
1917
Jonathan shot, as he walked along, and the boy, running ahead, picked up the arrows and brought them back. And when they were out of sight of the court, they went toward a rock named Ezel, accessible from the wilderness and not far from the road. There David had hidden, straining his ears for the words that might mean life or death
Jonathan shot, as he walked along, and the boy, running ahead, picked up the arrows and brought them back. And when they were out of sight of the court, they went toward a rock named Ezel, accessible from the wilderness and not far from the road. There David had hidden, straining his ears for the words that might mean life or death
N.C. Wyeth
1929