Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
Elizabeth and Essex, untitled headpiece illustration
Medium: Oil on canvas mounted on board
Date: 1928
Dimensions:
22 7/8 × 28 1/4 in. (58.1 × 71.8 cm)
Brandywine River Museum of Art, Gift of Elizabeth H. "Sunny" Fleitas in memory of "Frolic," 2019
Accession number: 2019.10.2
Research Number: NCW: 1820
Exhibition Historypossibly Wimington, DE, 1929, no. 13
References
Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr. N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, 1972), p. 263; Barbara Hodgdon, The Shakespeare Trade: Performances and Appropriations (Philadelphia: University of Penn Press, 1998), pps. 125-130, illus. b/w p. 128; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.1077, p. 507
Curatorial RemarksThere is only one known reference to this commission in Wyeth's letters. In a letter to Drums author James Boyd, the artist stated that he was way behind schedule on this set of paintings (see NCW to James Boyd, Jan. 5, 1928, James Boyd Papers, Southern Historical Collection, Library of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill).
In December 1929, Wyeth exhibited "Essex of England" at the annual exhibition of the Wilmington Society of the Fine Arts, catalogue number 13. It is not clear whether the reference is to this painting, or NCW 1823.
In December 1929, Wyeth exhibited "Essex of England" at the annual exhibition of the Wilmington Society of the Fine Arts, catalogue number 13. It is not clear whether the reference is to this painting, or NCW 1823.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Digital scan of printed image, Brandywine River Museum library
Photo Credit:BRM staff