Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
A Candle in the Wilderness, dust-jacket illustration
Alternate Title(s):The Landing of the Pilgrims
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: ca. 1930
Dimensions:
39 1/2 × 59 1/2 in. (100.3 × 151.1 cm)
Chadds Ford Elementary School of the Unionville - Chadds Ford School District
Accession number: SUPP2000.709
Research Number: NCW: 709
InscribedLower left: N. C. WYETH (underlined)
ProvenanceThe artist: Mrs. N. C. Wyeth to 1953
References
Richard Layton, "Inventory of Paintings in the Wyeth Studio, 1950," unpublished, Wyeth Family Archives, p. 37; Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, 1972), p. 224; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.1143, p. 528
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Transparency directly from painting
Photo Credit:Rick Echelmeyer, 1998