Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
Captain Tennant
Sturdy, composed, unhurried, he stood on the top step in the full uniform of an officer of the line. Behind him Hoddin, uniformed as well, locked the door.
Alternate Title(s):English officers quartered in Boston in 1764
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1928
Dimensions:
40 × 32 1/8 in. (101.6 × 81.6 cm)
The Town of Southern Pines, Southern Pines, North Carolina
Accession number: SUPP2000.1257
Research Number: NCW: 1257
InscribedUpper left: W (circled); written on reverse of canvas: CAPTAIN TENANT (sic) / 7 / 49343 / -- 5 3/8 -- / 150sc / 4 color; fragment of Scribner's label adhered to reverse: Captain Tenant (sic) / N. C. Wyeth / Drums by James Boyd / FROM (loss) / (loss) Magazine
ProvenanceThe artist; Mr. and Mrs. James Boyd, to 1944; Mrs. James Boyd, to 1974
References
Charles G. Vannest and Henry Lester Smith, Socialized History of the United States (New York: Scribner's, 1931, 1934, 1936), p. 93, as "English officers quartered in Boston in 1764"; Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1972), p. 199; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.1064, p. 502
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). The printer's notes on the reverse refer to the first edition reproduction which was 5 3/8 inches wide.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Digital image directly from painting
Photo Credit:Peter Paul Geoffrion, April 2006