Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
The battle with the Armada
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1920
Dimensions:
41 × 30 1/4 in. (104.1 × 76.8 cm)
Private collection
Accession number: SUPP2000.272
Research Number: NCW: 272
InscribedLower right: N. C. WYETH (underlined)
ProvenanceThe artist; Charles D. Burrage, Needham, MA; descended in family
Exhibition HistoryPhiladelphia, PA, 1921; Chadds Ford, PA, 1976(1); Chadds Ford, PA, 1985; Rockland, ME, 1998, no. 85 p. 165, color illustration p. 85
References
Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1972), p. 209; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.840, p. 414
Curatorial RemarksIn preparation for this commission, the artist read and annotated an edition published by Thomas Nelson & Sons, London, 1907 (Brandywine River Museum library # 22481). In his research on galleons of the period, Wyeth had assistance from fellow Pyle student Sidney M. Chase, who provided him with books and prints from the Haverhill, Massachusetts, public library (NCW to SMC, Dec. 27, 1919, WFA). According to Scribner's records, all paintings in the set were the property of the artist and returned to him on Aug. 19, 1921. Scribner's paid Wyeth $3,500 for the commission.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Transparency directly from painting
Photo Credit:Courtesy of the Delaware Art Museum