"Since when is a heathen wench's word better than that of twenty Christians?" asked one of the monks. "It is I who will decide whether she alone speaketh the truth, or all of you," Richard said sternly.

Artist:

N.C. Wyeth

(American, 1882 - 1945)

Date: 1931

Dimensions:

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known by reproduction only

Accession number: SUPP2000.1879

Research Number: NCW: 1879

InscribedLower right of right side of image: 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. 271; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.1180, p. 539

Curatorial RemarksThis illustration was printed across two pages, and it is not clear if the actual art work was done on two canvases or one.

Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Photography from print source (Brandywine River Museum Library, tear sheet)

Photo Credit:Rick Echelmeyer, 8/2004

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"Since when is a heathen wench's word better than that of twenty Christians?" asked one of the monks. "It is I who will decide whether she alone speaketh the truth, or all of you," Richard said sternly.

N.C. Wyeth

"Since when is a heathen wench's word better than that of twenty Christians?" asked one of the monks. "It is I who will decide whether she alone speaketh the truth, or all of you," Richard said sternly.