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". . . with stones . . . he shaped them into rude knives."
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N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
". . . with stones . . . he shaped them into rude knives."
Oil on canvas
1906
21 1/8 × 25 in. (53.7 × 63.5 cm)
SUPP2000.649
The Andrew and Betsy Wyeth Collection
Not on view
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When I tried with cracked lips and swollen tongue to babble of what I had witnessed, he called me a liar and threw stones at me so that I had to crawl into a crevice in the rocks to dodge the missiles.
N.C. Wyeth
1914
Helen descends the Glen of Stones
N.C. Wyeth
1921
The tide! And the stones were wet where the water had been.
N.C. Wyeth
1924
On a Rude Throne Sat the Mother
Elenore Plaisted Abbott
ca. 1914
Little John Fights with the Cook in the Sheriff's House
At last he made a dart upon Roger and the chase grew furious. Dishes, plates, covers, pots and pans--all that came in the way of them went flying.
N.C. Wyeth
1917
He Talked with His Eyes--a Single Sharp Shifting of the Eyeballs and a Flash of Light from Them
N.C. Wyeth
1908
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
He were n't no saint,--them engineers / Is all pretty much alike
N.C. Wyeth
1912
The Philosopher's Stone
N.C. Wyeth
ca. 1919
untitled (landscape with stone wall and cottages; verso, two composition sketches in pencil)
N.C. Wyeth
1902
"They got to fightin' on which should get the first hoss: so I bent my gun on them and made them draw lots"
N.C. Wyeth
1906
Untitled (rocky field with several trees and a stone wall)
N.C. Wyeth
ca. 1902
