Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
A Sturdy Bit of Pioneer
Date: 1905
Dimensions:
dimensions unavailable
Known by reproduction only
Accession number: SUPP2000.1853
Research Number: NCW: 1853
References
Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1972), p. 266; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.63, p. 122
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Judging the set of three pictures, Wyeth wrote "(they) are the best I ever did from a professional standpoint, that is I believe they are fresher, more spontaneous than any I ever turned out" (NCW to Henriette Zirngiebel Wyeth, March 17, 1905, Wyeth Family Archives). Additional illustrations for this story were provided by Charles Sarka.
Photo Credit:Digital photography from printed source (Brandywine River Museum Library, scrapbook B)