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The Meeting of the Generals As soon as this slight salutation had passed, Montcalm moved towards them with a quick but graceful step, baring his head to the veteran and dropping his spotless plume nearly to the earth in courtesy

Artist:

N.C. Wyeth

(American, 1882 - 1945)

The Meeting of the Generals
As soon as this slight salutation had passed, Montcalm moved towards them with a quick but graceful step, baring his head to the veteran and dropping his spotless plume nearly to the earth in courtesy

Alternate Title(s):The Meeting of the Generals
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1919
Dimensions:
40 3/16 × 32 1/4 in. (102.1 × 81.9 cm)

Brandywine Museum of Art, Bequest of Mrs. Russell G. Colt, 1986

Accession number: 86.7.4
Research Number: NCW: 190
InscribedLower right: N. C. WYETH (underlined); on reverse, remnants of two labels removed by conservator and encased in plastic, 1: The Meeting of the Generals / Last of the Mohicans / p. 166; 2: TO MARSHALL FIELD & CO. (BOOK DEPT.) / B16289-Meeting of the Generals - Valuation $200. / B15693--Fight in the Forest - Valuation $200.
ProvenanceCharles Scribner's Sons, New York, NY (B16289), to 1920; Russell G. Colt, New York, NY; Mrs. Russell G. Colt
Exhibition HistoryMarietta, GA, 1998, no numbers, illus. in color, unpaginated; Cooperstown, NY, New York State Historical Association (Fenimore Art Museum), "Hallowed Ground and Holy Water: Lake George in American Art," April 16 - Dec. 31, 1999
References Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, 1972, p. 202; Brandywine River Museum, Catalogue of the Collection, 1969-1989 (Chadds Ford, PA: Brandywine Conservancy. 1991), p. 210; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.754, p. 385
Curatorial RemarksIn preparation for this commission, the artist read and marked an edition published by A. L. Burt (Brandywine River Museum, NCWS.95.4334). Wyeth visited Glens Falls, and in addition to photographs he took of the locale, he also may have used stereoption cards as image resources. Six cards depicting scenery in Glens Falls were found in his studio.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:transparency directly from painting
Photo Credit:Brandywine River Museum photography files