Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
The Mysterious Island, untitled tailpiece (The death of Lincoln Island)
Medium: Ink on illustration board
Date: 1918
Dimensions:
7 1/2 x 8 3/4 in. (19 x 22.2 cm)
Private collection
Accession number: SUPP2000.80
Research Number: NCW: 80
InscribedLower right: PART III / END of CHAP. XX; upper right: 51 (circled)
ProvenancePrivate collection, Chadds Ford, PA
Exhibition HistoryChadds Ford, PA, 1976(1); Chicago, IL, 1997
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, 1972), p. 222 as "The death of Lincoln Island."
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, 8/14/1918, Wyeth Family Archives).
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Photography directly from drawing
Photo Credit:Brandywine River Museum photography file