Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
Then, climbing on the roof, he had with his own hand bent and run up the colors
Alternate Title(s):Captain Smollett Defies the Mutineers
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1911
Dimensions:
47 1/8 × 38 1/8 in. (119.7 × 96.8 cm)
Brandywine River Museum of Art, Purchased through the generosity of Mr. and Mrs. Bayard Sharp, 1995
Accession number: 95.11.2
Research Number: NCW: 343
InscribedLower right: N. C. WYETH (underlined)
ProvenanceCharles Scribner's Sons, New York, NY, sold through Retail Department; [?]; (Graham Gallery, NY, 1966); Private collection, Jacksonville, FL, late 1960s to 1992; (Somerville Manning Gallery, Greenville, DE, 1992); Collection of John Edward Dell, 1992-1995
Exhibition HistoryChadds Ford, PA, 1976(1); Chadds Ford, PA, 1985; Chadds Ford, PA, Brandywine River Museum, "N. C. Wyeth and His Grandson: A Legacy," 24 Jan.-29 March 1998 (Chadds Ford venue only of Chicago, IL, 1997 and not included in checklist); Chadds Ford, PA, Brandywine River Museum, "N. C. Wyeth's Treasure Island: Classic Illustrations for a Classic Tale," Sept. 10- Nov. 20, 2011
References
Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1972), p. 218; "Pennsylvania Heritage," Quarterly of the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, vol. XXII, no. 1 (Winter 1997), illustration in b/w p. 40; John Edward Dell, ed., Visions of Adventure, N. C. Wyeth and the Brandywine Artists (New York: Watson-Guptill Publications, 2000), detail in color p. 39 and illustration in color p. 43; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.339, p. 226
Curatorial RemarksStu Schenk, a guide at the N. C. Wyeth House and Studio of the Brandywine River Museum, has discovered that Wyeth made an unusual error in the research for this painting. The picture depicts the version of the Union Jack used after 1801, while the story is situated no later than the mid 1700s. At that time, the red diagonals of the cross of St. Patrick of Ireland--clearly visible in the flag Smollett hoists--had yet to be added to the flag.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Transparency directly from painting
Photo Credit:No credit on transparency