Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
The Mysterious Island, untitled tailpiece [Ayrton swims from the brig]
Alternate Title(s):Ayrton swims from the Brig.
Medium: Ink on illustration board
Date: 1918
Dimensions:
3 3/4 x 5 3/4 in. (9.5 x 14.6 cm)
Private collection
Accession number: SUPP2000.255
Research Number: NCW: 255
InscribedLower right: PART III / END of CHAP. II; upper right: 37 (circled)
ProvenancePrivate collection, Chadds Ford, PA
Exhibition HistoryChicago, IL, 1997
References
Betsy James Wyeth, ed., The Wyeths, The Letters of N. C. Wyeth, 1901-1945 (Boston: Gambit, 1971), ps. 601-602, letter numbers 492, 493; Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1972), p. 222 as "Ayrton swims from the Brig."
Curatorial RemarksThe artist completed all of the pen and ink drawings for The Mysterious Island during the first two weeks of August, 1918 (NCW to HZW, 8/14/1918, Wyeth Family Archives).
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:B/w photography directly from drawing
Photo Credit:Brandywine River Museum photo files