Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
"Now, mark me, mine host," Sir Daniel said, "follow but mine orders and I shall be your good lord ever"
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1916
Dimensions:
40 1/4 × 32 1/8 in. (102.2 × 81.6 cm)
Private Collection
Accession number: SUPP2000.1164
Research Number: NCW: 1164
InscribedUpper left: N. C. WYETH (underlined)
ProvenanceCharles Scribner's Sons, 1916-1923; Julian Pearce Smith (Scribner's editor), Upper Montclair, NJ
References
Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1972), p. 219; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.607, p. 322
Curatorial RemarksThe Brandywine River Museum holds the unillustrated 1915 Scribner's edition of The Black Arrow which the artist read to prepare for this commission, with notes on the endsheets and markings throughout (NCWS.95.163).
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Transparency directly from painting
Photo Credit:Bill DiLillo, 6/2002