Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
The Little Posse Started Out on its Journey, the Wiry Marshall First.
Alternate Title(s):Trail Riders; The Posse; Sheriff's Posse
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1907
Dimensions:
37 7/8 × 24 7/8 in. (96.2 × 63.2 cm)
Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum, Canyon, TX
Mrs. H. S. (Johnie) Griffin Collection
Accession number: SUPP2000.386
Research Number: NCW: 386
InscribedLower right: N. C. WYETH (underlined) / 07; label adhered to all four stretcher bars: HARRY YEAGER'S / ART STORE, / PICTURES AND FRAMES, / 419 SHIPLEY ST. / WILMINGTON, DEL.; label adhered to top stretcher bar: NO. 425590 / PICTURE
Provenance(Carlton Palmer, Atlanta, GA, ca. 1951); Mrs. H. S. Griffin, Wichita Falls, TX, c. 1951 - 1962, and gift to the West Texas State College Museum, Canyon, TX
Exhibition HistoryLubbock, TX, 1951, no. 12, as "The Posse"; Chadds Ford, PA, 1990(2), illus. b/w p. 87, no. 28 p. 82, as "Trail Riders"; Indianapolis, IN, Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art, "Illustrators of the American West," July 9 - Sept. 19, 1993, unnumbered checklist; Tyler, TX, Tyler Museum of Art, "The Wyeths Across Texas," no. 1, p. 42, illus. p. 43;
References
Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, 1972), p. 199; Michael R. Grauer, "Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum," American Art Review, vol. XIII, no. 6 (Nov.-Dec. 2001), illus. in color p. 173; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.170, p. 160
Curatorial RemarksJim Ellis (museum volunteer, 2007) has identified the gun prominent in the picture as a Winchester Rifle model '73, one of which was included in Wyeth's studio collection (NCWS.95.2403).
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Transparency directly from painting
Photo Credit:Brandywine River Museum photography files