Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
The Pike County Ballads, untitled headpiece
Alternate Title(s):"Over hill and holler"
Date: 1912
Dimensions:
dimensions unavailable
known by reproduction only
Copyright, 1912, Houghton Mifflin Company
Accession number: SUPP2000.2315
Research Number: NCW: 2315
References
Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, 1972), p. 206 as "Over hill and holler"; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.405, p. 249
Curatorial RemarksThe Brandywine River Museum holds an unmarked copy of "Poems by John Hay," which includes "The Pike County Ballads," published by Houghton Mifflin (1899) and found in the artist's studio (NCWS.95.723).
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Photography from printed image, Brandywine River Museum Library
Photo Credit:Rick Echelmeyer, 12/2004