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The Murder of Squire Ford "My God!" cried Alleyne, shaking in every limb. "What devil's deed is this?"

Artist:

N.C. Wyeth

(American, 1882 - 1945)

The Murder of Squire Ford
"My God!" cried Alleyne, shaking in every limb. "What devil's deed is this?"

Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1922
Dimensions:
dimensions unavailable
known by reproduction only
Accession number: SUPP2000.1756
Research Number: NCW: 1756
InscribedLower right: N. C. WYETH (underlined) (from reproduction)
ProvenanceThe artist
References Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, 1972), p. 204; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.924, p. 444
Curatorial RemarksSee letter NCW to Sidney M. Chase, Aug. 3, 1922, "The reading of the Chronicles of Froissart (all of them) was a very bright spot in the preparation of The White Company." (letter, Wyeth Family Archives and see two copies of The Chronicles illustrated by Alfred Knapp, NCWS.95. 3424 and .4319, Brandywine River Museum). All images for The White Company were copyrighted by the Cosmopolitan Book Corporation.
"For years we had on our reading list Conan Doyle's White Company, but the only copy in the library was a small, drab-colored book with fine print and no pictures.This past year we have had a copy of the lovely new edition illustrated by N. C. Wyeth, a rather large book with good-sized print and beautiful pictures." From Ruth Teuscher, "Illustrated Books for Boys and Girls," The English Journal, vol. XVI, no. 8 (Oct. 1927), p. 606
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:transparency from tear sheet
Photo Credit:Rick Echelmeyer, 12/2004