Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
Captain Horatio Hornblower, composition drawing
Alternate Title(s):The Height of Battle
Medium: Charcoal on paper
Date: 1939
Dimensions:
20 3/4 × 30 in. (52.7 × 76.2 cm)
Private collection
Accession number: SUPP2000.372
Research Number: NCW: 372
ProvenanceThe artist (loan to Little, Brown & Company, New York, NY, to at least Aug. 1944; (?); Dr. Joseph G. and Cornelia Cogswell Rossi, New Haven, CT, from early 1970s - 2004; (Independent Appraisers & Auctioneers, Pawling, NY, May 16, 2004, lot no. 125, as "The Height of Battle"; (?); (Schoonover Galleries, Ltd., Wilmington, DE, 2004)
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Digital photograph of drawing
Photo Credit:Courtesy of John Schoonover, 1/2005