Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
The Minute Man
Alternate Title(s):"Here once the embattled farmers stood / and fired the shot heard round the world" - Emerson; The Minute Men
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1904
Dimensions:
dimensions unavailable
known by reproduction only
Accession number: SUPP2000.843
Research Number: NCW: 843
InscribedLower right: N. C. Wyeth
References
Betsy James Wyeth, ed., The Wyeths, The Letters of N. C. Wyeth, 1901-1945 (Boston: Gambit, 1971), ps. 72, 74, 78, 79; Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1972), p. 257, b/w illustration p. 30; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.28, p. 110
Curatorial RemarksAccording to letters, the artist was at work on this image in February, 1904. At that time it was planned as a part of a series of paintings for The Delineator. NCW received $100 for the commission. A letter to his mother dated Feb. 21, 1904, contains a miniature sketch of the composition, and the assertion that the artist had identified closely with every character depicted.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:photography from printed source, (Brandywine River Museum Library)
Photo Credit:BRM staff