Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
Robin Hood and Little John
Alternate Title(s):The Ballad of Robin Hood
Medium: Oil on hardboard
Date: 1937 / 1938
Dimensions:
36 × 26 1/2 in. (91.4 × 67.3 cm)
Private collection
Accession number: SUPP2000.603
Research Number: NCW: 603
InscribedLower left: N. C. WYETH (underlined)
ProvenanceGinn and Company, Boston, MA; by corporate merger to present owner
References
Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, 1972), p. 205; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.1237, p. 561
Curatorial RemarksIn the third and subsequent printings of "Discovery," this illustration replaced one removed from the first printing. The original illustration depicted Friar Tuck taking part in a robbery and proved a minor embarrassment to Ginn and Company (see NCW 604). The Brandywine River Museum holds a lantern slide (NCWS.95.1825.79) made from the composition drawing (NCW 1521) which was used in the transfer of the design from paper to panel.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Photography directly from painting
Photo Credit:© Russ Lappa