Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come, title page illustration
Date: 1930 / 1931
Dimensions:
dimensions unavailable
location unknown
Accession number: SUPP2000.1720
Research Number: NCW: 1720
ProvenanceThe artist; Mrs. N. C. Wyeth to at least 1950
References
Richard Layton, "Inventory of Paintings in the Wyeth Studio, 1950," unpublished, Wyeth Family Archives, p. 33; Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collecetd Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1972), p. 228; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.1151, p. 530
Curatorial RemarksThe N. C. Wyeth House/Studio library includes a 1903 edition of this title (NCWS.95.655), illustrated by F. C. Yohn. The copy contains notations Wyeth made as he planned his own edition. A line drawing of the boy and the dog (NCW 2124) is held by the Princeton University Libraries (Charles Scribner's Sons Archive).
This book was not intended as one of the holiday gift books that Wyeth had done earlier for Scribner's. A letter to the artist from Arthur H. Scribner (Aug. 27, 1930), makes it clear that the publishers hoped to have this book out in May or June, 1931 (Archives of Charles Scribner's Sons, Princeton University Library).
This book was not intended as one of the holiday gift books that Wyeth had done earlier for Scribner's. A letter to the artist from Arthur H. Scribner (Aug. 27, 1930), makes it clear that the publishers hoped to have this book out in May or June, 1931 (Archives of Charles Scribner's Sons, Princeton University Library).
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:B/w photography directly from painting
Photo Credit:Photographer unknown (archival photographs, N. C. Wyeth collection, Brandywine River Museum library)