Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
Anthology of Children's Literature, title page illustration
Alternate Title(s):The King's Herald; Trumpet Call to the World of Romance
Medium: Oil on hardboard (Renaissance Panel)
Date: 1940
Dimensions:
16 1/4 × 23 in. (41.3 × 58.4 cm)
The Free Library of Philadelphia, Childrens Literature Research Collection
Accession number: SUPP2000.1003
Research Number: NCW: 1003
InscribedLower right: N. C. W. (double underline); on reverse, partial Renaissance Panel label, no. 698, dated 8/11/(torn, but probably 1938, since NCW purchased an order of panels on that date); on bottom of label in N. C. W.'s hand: COLORSPOT FOR TITLE (torn) / ANTHOLOGY CHILDRE (torn); label of the Free Library of Philadelphia with typewritten inscription: HARRY GALE / BOOK OF THE MONTH CLUB / 385 MADISON AVENUE / NEW YORK / N.Y. / EXPRESS COLLECT / SPECIAL HANDLING
ProvenanceThe artist; anonymous donor to present collection, 1941
Exhibition HistoryPhiladelphia, PA, 1941(2);
References
Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, 1972), p. 208; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.1285, p. 579
Curatorial RemarksNamed by the artist in his correspondence "Trumpet Call to the World of Romance," this painting was done in Maine in late July 1940. (Houghton-Mifflin letters, Houghton Library, Harvard University)
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:transparency directly from painting
Photo Credit:Joseph Painter, 12/2002; Conservation work by Franklin Shores