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A Sturdy Bit of Pioneer
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A Sturdy Bit of Pioneer
A Sturdy Bit of Pioneer
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)

A Sturdy Bit of Pioneer

1905
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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
The Masquerader 
The grim head fell on one side, and in its place appeared the honest, sturdy countenance of the scout
The Masquerader
The grim head fell on one side, and in its place appeared the honest, sturdy countenance of the scout
N.C. Wyeth
1919
"Send him back?  Not a bit of it!  We're going to hang him higher than Haman"
"Send him back? Not a bit of it! We're going to hang him higher than Haman"
N.C. Wyeth
1912
This was the only bit of land above water anywhere about
This was the only bit of land above water anywhere about
N.C. Wyeth
1940
Pioneers -- The Opening of the Prairies.
Pioneers -- The Opening of the Prairies.
N.C. Wyeth
1915
The Pioneer and the Vision
The Pioneer and the Vision
N.C. Wyeth
ca. 1918
He was actually fretting with the bit.
He was actually fretting with the bit.
N.C. Wyeth
1907
Pioneers
Pioneers
N.C. Wyeth
1939
"We'll lave it up to the termites," says he, and he sat down and lit another cigarette.  He'd smoked three before wan av the termites arrived and bit the poor lip ave me . . .
"We'll lave it up to the termites," says he, and he sat down and lit another cigarette. He'd smoked three before wan av the termites arrived and bit the poor lip ave me . . .
N.C. Wyeth
1914
Dugout of a Southwestern Pioneer
Dugout of a Southwestern Pioneer
John Henry Twachtman
1891
The Pioneers, composition drawing
The Pioneers, composition drawing
N.C. Wyeth
ca. 1939
Historic Bits.  Too Late.  Result of Cornwallis's Decision to Defer his Attack Until Morning on "That Fox Washington."
Historic Bits. Too Late. Result of Cornwallis's Decision to Defer his Attack Until Morning on "That Fox Washington."
Will Crawford
1901

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