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And so the man of books and the Irish girl, that morning, found the bond of their friendship--a friendship that was to be to them, all the years of their lives, a very beautiful thing

Artist:

N.C. Wyeth

(American, 1882 - 1945)

And so the man of books and the Irish girl, that morning, found the bond of their friendship--a friendship that was to be to them, all the years of their lives, a very beautiful thing

Alternate Title(s):And so the man of books and the Irish girl, that morning, found the bond of the friendship--a friendship that was to be to them, all the years of their lives, a very beautiful thing
Date: 1925
Dimensions:
dimensions unavailable
known by reproduction only
Accession number: SUPP2000.1828
Research Number: NCW: 1828
InscribedLower right: N. C. WYETH (underlined, 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. 264 as "And so the man of books and the Irish girl, that morning, found the bond of the friendship--a friendship that was to be to them, all the years of their lives, a very beautiful thing"; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.1017, p. 486
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Transparency from tear sheet, Brandywine River Museum Library
Photo Credit:Rick Echelmeyer, 6/16/2005