Adventures of Richard Hannay, composition drawing for dust-jacket illustration

Artist:

N.C. Wyeth

(American, 1882 - 1945)

Adventures of Richard Hannay, composition drawing for dust-jacket illustration

Medium: Graphite on paper, adhered to cardboard
Date: 1938
Dimensions:
9 × 8 3/4 in. (22.9 × 22.2 cm)
The Andrew and Betsy Wyeth Collection
Accession number: SUPP2000.1439
Research Number: NCW: 1439
InscribedNo marks or notations on recto of sheet or verso of cardboard
ProvenanceThe artist; Mrs. N. C. Wyeth; Carolyn Wyeth
Curatorial RemarksThe Brandywine River Museum holds a lantern slide (NCWS.95.1825.95) that was used in the transfer of the design from paper to panel (NCW 563.) See NCW 563 for background information on the figure.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:photography directly from artwork
Photo Credit:Rick Echelmeyer