Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
Between halves--the head coach braces up the team
Alternate Title(s):The Coach; One Scene Never Photographed in Football
Date: 1909
Dimensions:
dimensions unavailable
known by reproduction only
Accession number: SUPP2000.1597
Research Number: NCW: 1597
References
William H. Edwards, Football Days, Memories of the Game and the Men Behind the Ball (New York: Moffat, Yard and Company, 1916), illus. opposite p. 349; Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1972), p. 254; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.269, p. 194; Benjamin G. Rader, "American Sports, From the Age of Fold Games to the Age of Televised Sports," (Pearson-Prentice Hall, 2009), p. 180, as "The Coach";
Curatorial RemarksThis is the third and final part of a series of articles on rugby/football in the United States. The illustrations for the two previous parts (November 1909 and January 1910) were drawn by Frank X. Leyendecker. Unpublished letters indicate that in preparation for these illustrations, Wyeth attended the University of Pennsylvania - Carlisle Indians game of October 30, 1909. That specific game is not mentioned in Camp's account.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Transparency from tear sheet, Brandywine River Museum Library
Photo Credit:Rick Echelmeyer