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Robin Hood Defeats Nat of Nottingham at Quarter-staff The beggar dealt his foe a back-thrust so neatly, so heartily, and so swiftly that Nat was swept off the stage into the crowd as a fly off a table.

Artist:

N.C. Wyeth

(American, 1882 - 1945)

Robin Hood Defeats Nat of Nottingham at Quarter-staff
The beggar dealt his foe a back-thrust so neatly, so heartily, and so swiftly that Nat was swept off the stage into the crowd as a fly off a table.

Medium: Oil on canvas adhered to hardboard
Date: 1917
Dimensions:
39 13/16 × 31 13/16 in. (101.1 × 80.8 cm)
The New York Public Library
Accession number: SUPP2000.1253
Research Number: NCW: 1253
ProvenanceDavid McKay Co., Philadelphia, PA, 1918
Exhibition HistoryPittsburgh, PA, 1919
References Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, 1972), p. 203; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.685, p. 357
Curatorial RemarksAt least some of Wyeth's paintings in the collection of the New York Public Library must have needed remedial treatment, for in 1940 the artist offered to "clean and back them" (Helen A. Masters, NYPL, to NCW, Jan. 20, 1940, Wyeth Family Archives); it is likely that the hardboard support on this painting was applied by Wyeth himself.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Digital photography directly from painting
Photo Credit:Paul Mutino Photography, 7/25/2006