Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
The policeman walked a few paces away to turn anon and survey the waiting pilgrim.
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1909
Dimensions:
dimensions unavailable
known by reproduction only
Accession number: SUPP2000.1981
Research Number: NCW: 1981
InscribedLower right: N. C. WYETH (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. 275; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.289, p. 203
Curatorial RemarksAccording to the Scribner's inventory card (#26921), this painting was done in color but reproduced, like the other three illustrations for the story, in black and white (Scribner's Archive, Brandywine River Museum Library).
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Transparency from printed image (Brandywine River Museum Library)
Photo Credit:Rick Echelmeyer, 4/2005