Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
Rabble in Arms, dust-jacket illustration
Alternate Title(s):Benedict Arnold and Men
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1933
Dimensions:
36 × 36 in. (91.4 × 91.4 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire
Gift of Kenneth Roberts
Accession number: SUPP2000.373
Research Number: NCW: 373
InscribedLower left: N. C. WYETH (underlined twice); stretcher stamped in blue ink: WEBER; stretcher also stamped below Weber stamp: 86 (or 66, or if read in other orientation, 98 or 99)
ProvenanceThe artist; Kenneth Roberts, to 1937
References
Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, 1972), p. 226; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.1191, p. 542, 543
Curatorial RemarksIn raking light in the left sky area, the following words, since painted over, are discernable: RABBLE / in / ARMS / KENNETH ROBERTS / author of / ARUNDEL and / The LIVELY LADY; in the right sky area: RABBLE / in / ARMS. This lettering corresponds to the lettering on the dust-jacket of the first edition; on later editions the dust-jacket lettering was typeset and the image was cropped.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Transparency directly from painting
Photo Credit:Photo courtesy of Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire