Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
Not withstanding her age she was compelled to follow the convoy of prisoners on foot, without any alleviation of her suffering.
Alternate Title(s):The Long Line of Prisoners
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1927
Dimensions:
40 × 30 in. (101.6 × 76.2 cm)
The Kelly Collection of American Illustration
Accession number: SUPP2000.1413
Research Number: NCW: 1413
InscribedLower right: N. C. WYETH (underlined)
ProvenanceThe artist; Mrs. N. C. Wyeth to 1967; (Chadds Ford Gallery, Chadds Ford, PA, 1967); (?); (Brandywine Fantasy Gallery, Kenilworth, IL, ca. 1988 - 1990)
Exhibition HistoryNewport News, VA, 2000
References
Richard Layton, "Inventory of Paintings in the Wyeth Studio, 1950," unpublished, Wyeth Family Archives, p. 5; Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, 1972), p. 222; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.1049, p. 496
Curatorial RemarksThe Brandywine River Museum holds the edition of Michael Strogoff that the artist read in preparation for this commission (NCWS.95.150).
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:transparency directly from painting
Photo Credit:Greg Staley