Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
H. M. S. Bounty, composition drawing for frontispiece illustration
Medium: Charcoal on paper
Date: 1940
Dimensions:
sheet: 24 1/8 x 15 1/2 in. (61.3 x 39.4 cm)
The Andrew and Betsy Wyeth Collection
Accession number: SUPP2000.1433
Research Number: NCW: 1433
InscribedNone on recto or verso
ProvenanceThe artist; Mrs. N. C. Wyeth
Curatorial RemarksThe Brandywine River Museum holds the copy of Pitcairn's Island (NCWS.95.604) that Wyeth read in preparation for the commission, which includes a typed copy of his initial illustrative program for the Bounty trilogy; and a lantern slide (NCWS.95.1825.119) of the drawing that was used in the transfer of the design from paper to panel (NCW 1302).
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:photography directly from painting
Photo Credit:Rick Echelmeyer