N. C. Wyeth (1882-1945)One last tremendous cut which would certainly have split him to the chin[e] had it not been intercepted by our big signboard of Admiral Benbow1911Oil on canvas, 47 1/16 x 38 in. (119.5 x 96.5 cm)Brandywine River MuseumBequest of Ann Wyeth McCoy
NCW NUMBER
14
TITLE
One last tremendous cut which would certainly have split him to the chin[e] had it not been intercepted by our big signboard of Admiral Benbow
ALTERNATE TITLE(S)
At the Admiral Benbow; Bill Bones Routes (sic) Black Dog; Capt. Bones Routs Blackdog; Captain Bones Routs Black Dog
Charles Scribner's Sons, NY, to 1915; purchased in 1915 by Bartlett Arkell, for the Fort Rensselaer Club, Canajoharie, NY; (Vose Gallery, Boston, MA, 1953); Mr. and Mrs John W. McCoy II; Mrs. John W. McCoy II
EXHIBITION HISTORY
Boston, MA. 1912, no. 3 as "Bill Bones Routes (sic) Black Dog"; Philadelphia, PA, 1912 (1), no. 29 as "Capt. Bones Routs Blackdog"; Haverhill, MA, 1913; San Francisco, CA, 1915, no. 64; San Francisco, CA, 1916, no. 6623; Harrisburg, PA, 1965, no. 76; Rockland, ME, 1966, no. 20; Chadds Ford, PA, 1971, no. 59, illus. b/w p. 51 as "At the Admiral Benbow"; Chadds Ford, PA, 1972, no. 54 as "At the Admiral Benbow"; Greenville, SC, 1974, no. 41, as "At the Admiral Benbow"; Chadds Ford, PA, 1975; Chadds Ford, PA, 1976 (1); Chadds Ford, PA, 1987(2), no. 13, illus. in color, p. 103, also, pp. 29, 81; Chadds Ford, PA 1990 (1); Chadds Ford, PA, Brandywine River Museum, "N. C. Wyeth and The Philadelphia Sketch Club," March 20 - May 23, 2010; Chadds Ford, PA, Brandywine River Museum, "N. C. Wyeth's Treasure Island: Classic Illustrations for a Classic Tale," Sept. 10- Nov. 20, 2011
INITIAL USE
Illustration in color f. p. 16, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1911)
REFERENCES
Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1972), p. 218, b/w illus. p. 80; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.333, p. 221
CURATORIAL COMMENT
The text Wyeth selected to illustrate for this picture reads "One last tremendous cut which would certainly have split him to the chine...." Due to a printer's error in the first edition, however, "chine" became "chin" in the list of illustrations and on the tissue facing the illustration. That error was subsequently repeated in the list of illustrations and underneath the image until the mistake was corrected in the 1981 edition.
