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When temptation came, and Adam and Eve fell out of the their sinless and virtueless Eden, they began to be worth while. They fell from innocence into manhood and womanhood. They fell from shiftlessness into work. They fell from a drifting irresponsibility into worry and trouble and despair, but also into ambition and courage and hope
When temptation came, and Adam and Eve fell out of the their sinless and virtueless Eden, they began to be worth while. They fell from innocence into manhood and womanhood. They fell from shiftlessness into work. They fell from a drifting irresponsibility into worry and trouble and despair, but also into ambition and courage and hope
When temptation came, and Adam and Eve fell out of the their sinless and virtueless Eden, they began to be worth while. They fell from innocence into manhood and womanhood. They fell from shiftlessness into work. They fell from a drifting irresponsibility into worry and trouble and despair, but also into ambition and courage and hope
(American, 1882 - 1945)

When temptation came, and Adam and Eve fell out of the their sinless and virtueless Eden, they began to be worth while. They fell from innocence into manhood and womanhood. They fell from shiftlessness into work. They fell from a drifting irresponsibility into worry and trouble and despair, but also into ambition and courage and hope

Alternate Title(s)
  • Adam and Eve; Cain and Abel; The First Family; The First Children
Oil on canvas
1928
42 × 32 in. (106.7 × 81.3 cm)
SUPP2000.1030
Private collection, Chadds Ford, PA
Not on view
Two or three times one of the mares fell in the drifts, and nothing but the courage bred into them in the blue-grass fields of Kentucky saved us from stalling out in that fearful moving flood of snow
Two or three times one of the mares fell in the drifts, and nothing but the courage bred into them in the blue-grass fields of Kentucky saved us from stalling out in that fearful moving flood of snow
N.C. Wyeth
1921
At a touch from Michael's knife . . . the sword flew in splinters, and the wretch, stabbed to the heart, fell lifeless on the ground.
At a touch from Michael's knife . . . the sword flew in splinters, and the wretch, stabbed to the heart, fell lifeless on the ground.
N.C. Wyeth
1927
Image Not Available for The Fight on the Bridge Orlando at last had strength enough to lift his foe and fling him over the side, but had not wit to clear himself from him, so both fell together
The Fight on the Bridge
Orlando at last had strength enough to lift his foe and fling him over the side, but had not wit to clear himself from him, so both fell together
N.C. Wyeth
1924
The effect was startling. The man's feet left the ground and he fell with a thud as if dropped from some height . . .
The effect was startling. The man's feet left the ground and he fell with a thud as if dropped from some height . . .
N.C. Wyeth
1925
Suddenly the bag opened, and a torrent of letters fell to the floor. 'Genie's face flushed red as fire.
Suddenly the bag opened, and a torrent of letters fell to the floor. 'Genie's face flushed red as fire.
N.C. Wyeth
1912
Out of the sky to her fell Kogal, with a great cry, scattering a spray of silver over the lotus blossoms
Out of the sky to her fell Kogal, with a great cry, scattering a spray of silver over the lotus blossoms
N.C. Wyeth
1927
The first walking of Thorgunna. Great fear fell upon them: the marrow of their back grew cold.
The first walking of Thorgunna.
Great fear fell upon them: the marrow of their back grew cold.
N.C. Wyeth
1914
They fell into abuse of all engineering in general, and Bush engineering in particular.
They fell into abuse of all engineering in general, and Bush engineering in particular.
N.C. Wyeth
1912
There fell a long silence through which O'Hara read and Kenyon kept watch at the window.
There fell a long silence through which O'Hara read and Kenyon kept watch at the window.
N.C. Wyeth
1911
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
The horse fell with his rider to the bottom of the cliff.
The horse fell with his rider to the bottom of the cliff.
N.C. Wyeth
1927
Some Fell on Good Ground
Some Fell on Good Ground
William Trost Richards
ca. 1887