Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
Captain Flood
Never had time to follow Scripteh much, what with following the sea. But I respects a man that does
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: ca. 1928
Dimensions:
dimensions unavailable
known by reproduction only
Accession number: SUPP2000.1744
Research Number: NCW: 1744
InscribedLower right: W (circled)
References
Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, 1972), p. 198; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.1059, p. 500
Curatorial RemarksThe Brandywine River Museum holds Scribner's unillustrated 1925 edition of Drums which the artist read in preparation for this commission and marked with notes throughout and on the endsheets (NCWS.95.239).
This must have been one of the first pictures completed, for a letter from Wyeth to James Boyd, dated in Wyeth's hand Jan. 5, 1928, indicates that by that date Boyd had already seen some proofs of the illustrations that included pictures of Squire Fraser. Boyd apparently wanted to make sure that Fraser's beard would be a tawny brown in the reproductions, especially in this one, and Wyeth promised to make the color corrections in the plates (James Boyd Papers, no. 3610, Southern Historical Collection, Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill). This painting may have been owned by James Boyd; a mounted proof from the artist's studio carries a pencilled inscription on the mount in Betsy James Wyeth's hand: James Boyd / Southern Pines (Brandywine River Museum library).
This must have been one of the first pictures completed, for a letter from Wyeth to James Boyd, dated in Wyeth's hand Jan. 5, 1928, indicates that by that date Boyd had already seen some proofs of the illustrations that included pictures of Squire Fraser. Boyd apparently wanted to make sure that Fraser's beard would be a tawny brown in the reproductions, especially in this one, and Wyeth promised to make the color corrections in the plates (James Boyd Papers, no. 3610, Southern Historical Collection, Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill). This painting may have been owned by James Boyd; a mounted proof from the artist's studio carries a pencilled inscription on the mount in Betsy James Wyeth's hand: James Boyd / Southern Pines (Brandywine River Museum library).
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Digital photography from printed source (Brandywine River Museum library, printer's proof)
Photo Credit:Rick Echelmeyer, 7/11/2006