Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
The Mysterious Island, untitled tailpiece [man on rope ladder with lantern in hand]
Alternate Title(s):Harding descending into the well.
Medium: Ink on illustration board
Date: 1918
Dimensions:
7 1/4 x 6 3/8 in. (18.4 x 16.1 cm)
Private collection
Accession number: SUPP2000.310
Research Number: NCW: 310
ProvenancePrivate collection, Chadds Ford, PA
Exhibition HistoryChadds Ford, PA, 1976(1); Chicago, IL, 1997
References
Betsy James Wyeth, ed., The Wyeths, The Letters of N. C. Wyeth, 1901-1945 (Boston: Gambit, 1971), ps. 601-602; Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, 1972), p. 222 as "Harding descending into the well."
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 photography files