Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
The Pike County Ballads, untitled tailpiece
Alternate Title(s):Through that fire-proof, gilt-edged hell!
Date: 1912
Dimensions:
dimensions unavailable
known by reproduction only
Copyright, 1912, Houghton Mifflin Company
Accession number: SUPP2000.2307
Research Number: NCW: 2307
References
Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, 1972), p. 206 as "Through that fire-proof, gilt-edged hell!"; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.393, p. 246
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