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Captain Blood
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Captain Blood
Captain Blood
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)

Captain Blood

Alternate Title(s)
  • The Pirate (Captain Blood);
Oil on canvas on hardboard
1922
sight: 20 3/4 x 21 7/8 in. (52.7 x 55.5 cm)
SUPP2000.1306
From the collection of Houghton Mifflin Company
Not on view
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At sundown Alexander was still sitting on his improvised throne looking fixedly at the splotch of blood and the pieces of crimson-spotted linen.
At sundown Alexander was still sitting on his improvised throne looking fixedly at the splotch of blood and the pieces of crimson-spotted linen.
N.C. Wyeth
1931
Captain John Paul Jones
Captain John Paul Jones
N.C. Wyeth
1938
A Maine Sea Captain's Daughter
A Maine Sea Captain's Daughter
N.C. Wyeth
1937
Captain Bligh was standing by the mizzenmast
Captain Bligh was standing by the mizzenmast
N.C. Wyeth
1940
Captain George Waymouth on the Georges River
Captain George Waymouth on the Georges River
N.C. Wyeth
1937
O Captain!  My Captain!
O Captain! My Captain!
N.C. Wyeth
1922
Captain Blaise, headpiece illustration
Captain Blaise, headpiece illustration
N.C. Wyeth
1911
Portrait of Captain Onion
Portrait of Captain Onion
N.C. Wyeth
1901 / 1903
He was caught, turned about and turkey-trotted aft toward Captain Bill's cabin, into which he was unceremoniously heaved like a sack of cabbage.
He was caught, turned about and turkey-trotted aft toward Captain Bill's cabin, into which he was unceremoniously heaved like a sack of cabbage.
N.C. Wyeth
1916
Captain Flood
Never had time to follow Scripteh much, what with following the sea.  But I respects a man that does
Captain Flood
Never had time to follow Scripteh much, what with following the sea. But I respects a man that does
N.C. Wyeth
ca. 1928
Captain Tennant
Sturdy, composed, unhurried, he stood on the top step in the full uniform of an officer of the line.  Behind him Hoddin, uniformed as well, locked the door.
Captain Tennant
Sturdy, composed, unhurried, he stood on the top step in the full uniform of an officer of the line. Behind him Hoddin, uniformed as well, locked the door.
N.C. Wyeth
1928
Captain Teel Passes By
Captain Teel Passes By
N.C. Wyeth
ca. 1937

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