Little John Fights with the Cook in the Sheriff's House At last he made a dart upon Roger and the chase grew furious. Dishes, plates, covers, pots and pans--all that came in the way of them went flying.

Artist:

N.C. Wyeth

(American, 1882 - 1945)

Little John Fights with the Cook in the Sheriff's House
At last he made a dart upon Roger and the chase grew furious. Dishes, plates, covers, pots and pans--all that came in the way of them went flying.

Medium: Oil on canvas

Date: 1917

Dimensions:

40 × 32 in. (101.6 × 81.3 cm)

The New York Public Library

Accession number: SUPP2000.184

Research Number: NCW: 184

InscribedLower right: WYETH (underlined)

ProvenanceDavid McKay Company, Philadelphia, PA, 1917 - 1920

Exhibition HistoryHarrisburg, PA, 1965, no. 92; Rockland, ME, 1966, no. 51; Chadds Ford, PA, 1972, no. 94; Greenville, SC, 1974, no. 57; Chadds Ford, PA, 1976(1); Chadds Ford, PA, 1985; Chadds Ford, PA, 1987(2), no. 35, illus. in color p. 111

References Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1972), p. 203; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.684, p. 356, 357

Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Transparency directly from painting

Photo Credit:Peter Ralston, www.pralston.com

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Little John Fights with the Cook in the Sheriff's House At last he made a dart upon Roger and the chase grew furious. Dishes, plates, covers, pots and pans--all that came in the way of them went flying.

N.C. Wyeth

Little John Fights with the Cook in the Sheriff's HouseAt last he made a dart upon Roger and the chase grew furious. Dishes, plates, covers, pots and pans--all that came in the way of them went flying.

Little John Fights with the Cook in the Sheriff's House
At last he made a dart upon Roger and the chase grew furious. Dishes, plates, covers, pots and pans--all that came in the way of them went flying.