Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
Zebulon Pike Parker
Alternate Title(s):Zebulon Pike
Date: 1914
Dimensions:
dimensions unavailable
known by reproduction only
Accession number: SUPP2000.1806
Research Number: NCW: 1806
InscribedLower 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, 1972), p. 220; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.522, p. 292, 293; Jason Williams, "Competing Visions: The Alternate Wests of Elinor Pruitt Stewart and N. C. Wyeth," pub. in Western American Literature, vol. 44, no. 4 (Winter 2010), p. 363-386;
Curatorial RemarksThis story was serialized in The Atlantic Monthly (Oct, 1913 - Feb. 1914, April 1914) without illustrations, and published by Houghton Mifflin in book form in May, 1914. The commission is not mentioned in the artist's letters, nor are there relevant extant letters in the Houghton Mifflin Archives, Houghton Library, Harvard University.
In some printings of the 1914 edition, this image is titled simply "Zebulon Pike," however, the character in the story is Zebulon Pike Parker, named for the famous frontiersman.
In some printings of the 1914 edition, this image is titled simply "Zebulon Pike," however, the character in the story is Zebulon Pike Parker, named for the famous frontiersman.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Digital scan from printed image, Brandywine River Museum Library
Photo Credit:web: BRM staff, 11/2005; hard-cover, Rick Echelmeyer, 3/2006