Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
Then the tide ebbed, and one night the major decamped
Date: 1905
Dimensions:
dimensions unavailable
Known by reproduction only
Accession number: SUPP2000.1895
Research Number: NCW: 1895
InscribedBelow image on right: W (from reproduction)
References
Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1972), p. 271; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.81, p. 126
Curatorial RemarksAlthough the Saturday Evening Post at this time did not reproduce illustrations in color, Wyeth found it more challenging and good training to paint in color rather than black and white. "Did you see my pictures in this weeks (sic) Post? They were done in full color too" (NCW to Henriette Zirngiebel Wyeth, "I missed my second letter..." and dated June 5, 1905 in another hand, Wyeth Family Archives).
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Transparency from printed image (Brandywine River Museum Library)
Photo Credit:Rick Echelmeyer