Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
I am the Princess of the Dawn, alternate drawing
Medium: Ink and ink wash on artist's board
Date: 1900
Dimensions:
13 7/16 x 9 7/8 in. (34.1 x 25.1 cm)
Brandywine Museum of Art, Bequest of Carolyn Wyeth, 1996
Accession number: 96.1.75
Research Number: NCW: 1571
InscribedBelow image in pencil: - 2 3/8 - scant / I / I am the Princes of the dawn, / My feet are shod with golden light, / I flush before the Rising Morn / With shimmering Steps and Spirits birght.; written on verso in pencil: N. C. Wyeth / Needham / Mass.
ProvenanceThe artist; Mrs. N. C. Wyeth; Carolyn Wyeth
Curatorial RemarksThis is an alterntive design for "I am the Princess of the Dawn," 1 of 7 illustrations published in 1900 in The Banner of Light, a spiritualist newspaper produced in Boston. See NCW 729 (96.1.74), the drawing for the published image. Wyeth's work for the Banner of Light was noted by his mother in a letter to Alfretta Archibald, Dec. 31, 1900 (Brandywine River Museum Library).