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N. C. Wyeth (1882-1945) Wallace rescues Helen 1921 Oil on canvas, 40 1/4 x 32 1/8 in. (102.12 x 81.5 cm) Private collection NCW NUMBER 1797 TITLE Wallace rescues Helen MEDIUM Oil on canvas INSCRIPTION(S), LABEL(S) Lower left: N. C. WYETH (underlined); Lower right: scratched into paint surface: © Charles Scribner’s Sons; written on reverse of canvas in black: WALLACE / AND / HELEN / SCOTTISH CHIEFS); written on reverse of canvas in red: 21 (circled); stretcher construced with keys stamped: stretcher keys marked: PAT.D / FEB 13 / 1883 / Jun 16 / 1886 / A. D. S.; stamped on left stretcher member: 32 x 40; partial label adhered to top stretcher member: ...YRIGHTED PICTURE IS THE / OF CHARLES SCRIBNER'S / TO BE RETURNED TO THEM; label adhered to top of frame: PINCHPENNY GALLERY / MADRID W. I. / 32 X 40 1/8 A 3/16 / DECAPE DATE 1921 PROVENANCE The artist (returned to him from Scribner's, 10/14/1922); ?; (Pinchpenny Gallery, in 1930s or 1940s); private collection and descended in family to 2012; (Somerville Manning Gallery, Greenville, DE, 2012); INITIAL USE color illustration f. p. 368, 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.868, p. 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). IMAGE SOURCE photography directly from painting after 2012 conservation work PHOTO CREDIT courtesy Joyce Stoner