Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
Dan'l Nason, Sailing Master, 1814, composition drawing
Medium: Graphite on paper
Date: ca. 1937
Dimensions:
sheet: 17 3/8 x 13 7/16 in. (44.1 x 34.1 cm), adhered to heavy paper
The Andrew and Betsy Wyeth Collection
Accession number: SUPP2000.1352
Research Number: NCW: 1352
InscribedLower right, within image: To Jim from Convers / (N.C.W.); below image, center: CAPT. NASON; lower right: COMPOSITION SKETCH
ProvenanceThe artist; descended in family
Exhibition HistoryChadds Ford, PA, 1969
Curatorial RemarksBrandywine River Museum holds an oversized archival photograph (with notation on reverse in NCW's hand: Composition drawing; and stamped: Sanborn Studio); and a lantern slide (NCWS.95.1825.131) made from the drawing that was used in the transfer of the design from paper to panel (NCW 618). See comments at NCW 618 for information about Wyeth's research for this image. Archival photographs (Brandywine Conservancy / Early History / Box # ) show the drawing on display during Chadds Ford, PA, 1969.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:1. Archival photograph, Brandywine River Museum Library; 2. drawing on display during Chadds Ford, PA, 1969
Photo Credit:1. unknown photographer; 2. unknown photographer