Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
"Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death!"
Alternate Title(s):Patrick Henry
Date: 1942
Dimensions:
dimensions unavailable
Known by reproduction only
Used with permission of New York Life Insurance Company
Accession number: SUPP2000.1788
Research Number: NCW: 1788
InscribedUpper left: N. C. WYETH (underlined, from reproduction)
References
Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1972), p. 292; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), C.168, p. 693
Curatorial RemarksThe Brandywine River Museum holds a lantern slide (NCWS.95.1825.179) made from a charcoal composition drawing and used in the transfer of the image from paper to painting support, as well as a printer's proof with register marks and color bar (NCWS.95.6560).
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Photography from printed source (Brandywine River Museum Library, #4444)
Photo Credit:Rick Echelmeyer, 11/2002