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N. C. Wyeth (1882-1945) King Edward 1921 Oil on canvas, 40 x 32 3/8 in. (101.5 x 82.2 cm) Collection of the Farnsworth Art Museum Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Burrage, Jr., 1991 NCW NUMBER 178 TITLE King Edward MEDIUM Oil on canvas INSCRIPTION(S), LABEL(S) Lower left: N. C. WYETH / © C. S. Sons; with A. D. S. patented stretchers; on reverse of canvas in chalk: Property of / Chas. D. Burrage / Charlesgate Hotel / Boston; affixed to top stretcher bar, Scribner's Magazine copyright label with ink inscriptions as: Wyeth, N. C. / King Edward / Scottish Chiefs DATE 1921 PROVENANCE The artist (returned to him from Scribner's, 10/1/1921); Charles Dana Burrage, Needham, MA; Robert H. Burrage; Robert H. Burrage, Jr., to 1990 EXHIBITION HISTORY Chadds Ford, PA, 1972, no. 104; Kalamazoo, MI, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, "The Wyeths, America's Artists," Jan. 15-April 17, 2011; INITIAL USE Color illustration f. p. 278, Jane Porter, (Kate Douglas Wiggin and Nora A. Smith, eds.), The Scottish Chiefs (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1921) REFERENCES Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, 1972), p. 215; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.866, p. 424, 425 CURATORIAL COMMENT In preparation for this commission, Wyeth read an undated edition of The Scottish Chiefs published by Thomas D. Crowell Company, New York, illustrated with photographs of Scottish scenery (Brandywine River Museum NCWS.95.184). According to notes on the Scribner's file card for this painting, it was returned to the artist on Nov. 1, 1921, for an exhibition, possibly Boston, MA, 1921 (Scribner's Archive, Brandywine River Museum). IMAGE SOURCE Digital photography directly from painting