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Mr. Campbell, the Minister of Essendean With that he prayed a little while aloud, and in affecting terms, for a young man setting out into the world

Artist:

N.C. Wyeth

(American, 1882 - 1945)

Mr. Campbell, the Minister of Essendean
With that he prayed a little while aloud, and in affecting terms, for a young man setting out into the world

Alternate Title(s):Mr. Campbell Gives David Balfour His Blessing
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1913
Dimensions:
39 1/2 × 31 in. (100.3 × 78.7 cm)
American Illustrators Gallery, New York, NY
Accession number: SUPP2000.269
Research Number: NCW: 269
InscribedLower left: N C WYETH (underlined); on reverse and adhered to stretcher, partial Scribner's label: ...IS COPYRIGHTED PICTUR (torn) / PROPERTY OF CHARLES S. S (torn) / SONS, AND IS TO BE RETURNED TO TH(torn) / IN GOOD CONDITION / FROM / SCRIBNER'S MAGAZINE / 153-157 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK; adhered to stretcher, fragmented exhibition label: Wyeth, N. C. / Mr. Campbell, the Minister of Essendean. with that he prayed a little while aloud / Kidnapped; label adhered to stretcher: 48) N. C. Wyeth / 40 x 32"; (Knoedler's) label adhered to stretcher: A5675
ProvenanceCharles Scribner's Sons, New York, NY; (?); (Knoedler Galleries, New York, NY, ca. 1957 through at least 9/1966); (?); Richard W. Withington auction, Andover, MA, Jan. 9, 1971; (?); Collection of S. Hallock du Pont, Jr., ca. 1974-2017
Exhibition HistoryNew York, NY, 1957, no. 61, as "Mr. Campbell Gives David Balfour His Blessing"; Lubbock, TX, 1959, no. 10; Rockland, ME, 1966, no. 27; Greenville, SC, 1974, no. 105; Chadds Ford, PA, 1976(1)
References Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, 1972), p. 218; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.465, p. 268-269
Curatorial RemarksNotes and insertions found in Wyeth's copy of "Bonnie Scotland Painted by Sutton Palmer" by A. R. Hope Moncrieff (A. & C. Black, 1912), suggest that the artist used this book (NCWS.95.608) as a visual resource for the Kidnapped paintings.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Transparency directly from painting
Photo Credit:Courtesy of Mr. S. Hallock du Pont, Jr.