Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
Captain Horatio Hornblower
Date: 1939
Dimensions:
dimensions unavailable
Destroyed by fire, 1968
Accession number: SUPP2000.1487
Research Number: NCW: 1487
InscribedLower right: N. C. WYETH (underlined)
ProvenanceThe artist; Mrs. N. C. Wyeth to 1949; Private collection; destroyed by fire, 1968
References
Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1972), p. 204; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.1264, p. 571
Curatorial RemarksNCW 372 is a composition drawing for the present work; NCWS.95.1825.96 is a lantern slide of alternate composition drawing. Betsy James Wyeth has linked a sheet of hand studies (NCW 2246.243) in the Andrew and Betsy Wyeth Collection with this drawing.
Little, Brown published 4 pen and ink drawings in this edition of Captain Horatio Hornblower which were credited to N. C. Wyeth, but which were in fact, done by Andrew Wyeth. The pen and ink drawings are included in the Andrew Wyeth catalogue raisonne.
Little, Brown published 4 pen and ink drawings in this edition of Captain Horatio Hornblower which were credited to N. C. Wyeth, but which were in fact, done by Andrew Wyeth. The pen and ink drawings are included in the Andrew Wyeth catalogue raisonne.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Transparency from tear sheet, Brandywine River Museum Library (Scrapbook C)
Photo Credit:Rick Echelmeyer, 11/2002