Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
The Mysterious Island, untitled tailpiece (mustachioed man in Civil War uniform)
Alternate Title(s):Untitled tailpiece for The Mysterious Island; Captain Cyrus Harding.
Medium: Ink on board
Date: 1918
Dimensions:
4 3/8 × 9 5/8 in. (11.1 × 24.4 cm)
Brandywine Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Wyeth, 1985
Accession number: 85.10.111
Research Number: NCW: 1216
InscribedLower right: PART I / END CHAP.TER (sic)
ProvenanceThe artist; descended in family to 1985
Exhibition HistoryChicago, IL, 1997; Akron, OH, Akron Museum of Art, June 15 - Sept. 1, 2002, and Lawrence, KS, Spencer Museum of Art, Sept. 21 - Nov. 17, 2002, "N. C. Wyeth from the Brandywine River Museum Collection"
References
Betsy James Wyeth, ed., The Wyeths, The Letters of N. C. Wyeth, 1901-1945 (Boston: Gambit, 1971), ps. 601-602; Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1972), p. 222 as "Captain Cyrus Harding"; Brandywine River Museum, Catalogue of the Collection, 1969-1989 (Chadds Ford, PA: Brandywine Conservancy, 1991), p. 206
Curatorial RemarksThe artist completed all of the pen and ink drawings for The Mysterious Island during the first two weeks of August, 1918 (NCW to HZW, Aug. 14, 1918, Wyeth Family Archives).
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:B/w print directly from art work
Photo Credit:Brandywine River Museum photography files