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The Fight on the Bridge Orlando at last had strength enough to lift his foe and fling him over the side, but had not wit to clear himself from him, so both fell together

Artist:

N.C. Wyeth

(American, 1882 - 1945)

The Fight on the Bridge
Orlando at last had strength enough to lift his foe and fling him over the side, but had not wit to clear himself from him, so both fell together

Date: 1924
Dimensions:
dimensions unavailable
known by reproduction only
Accession number: SUPP2000.1754
Research Number: NCW: 1754
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. 200; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.984, p. 473
Curatorial RemarksThe Brandywine River Museum holds an unillustrated earlier edition of this book that the artist read and annotated in preparation for the commission (NCWS.95.183).
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:image from printed source (Brandywine River Museum library)
Photo Credit:Rick Echelmeyer, 9/20/2006