N.C. Wyeth: The Passing of Robin Hood

    Wyeth. 1917. Oil painting. 40x32 inches.

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    1. otisourcat (51 months ago | reply)

      He looks awfully healthy to be passing.

    2. rawart90 (51 months ago | reply)

      Metaphor: "I want one last shot-----" ( fill in your own desire! )

    3. deflam (51 months ago | reply)

      Yeah, I wonder why he has that bow...one last shot at...what? But still, I don't know the story well enough to know why he's dying though.

    4. dorkusmaximus (51 months ago | reply)

      He was wounded.
      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Hood's_Death

    5. deflam (51 months ago | reply)

      Ah yes, and his last arrow being shot to show where he should be buried.

      I think I was confused by that old movie where Sean Connery plays Robin Hood ("Robin and Marian"), where is is aged and....stuff. So huh. Guess you can do whatever you want went it comes to mythical stories...

    6. magpie-moon (51 months ago | reply)

      "his last arrow being shot to show where he should be buried."

      Ah, so this is why he ended up being buried in the kitchen...
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    7. rawart90 (51 months ago | reply)

      Funny magpie lol; I believe free was alluding to a shot out the window. But I bet u knew that : ) U jogged my memory-both of u-I recall the legend.

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    9. Hopontop [deleted] (51 months ago | reply)

      Maybe Cupid missed not once but twice look behind him ! And yet
      still his aim seems to be wrong even in his time of death.poor man

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    11. Kurt Modler (47 months ago | reply)

      Hi, I'm an admin for a group called La Belle Epoque 1890-1914 / ArtNouvea & ArtDeco will be accepted, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

    12. Kurt Modler (47 months ago | reply)

      so great...

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    14. Buttons McTavish (21 months ago | reply)

      Always have loved this one...

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