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N. C. Wyeth (1882-1945) Robin Hood, cover illustration 1917 Oil on canvas, 40 x 32 in. (101.5 x 81.2 cm) Central Children's Room, Donnell Library Center, The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations NCW NUMBER 188 TITLE Robin Hood, cover illustration MEDIUM Oil on canvas INSCRIPTION(S), LABEL(S) Lower left: N. C. WYETH (underlined) SUBJECT illustration DATE 1917 PROVENANCE David McKay Company, Philadelphia, PA, 1917 - 1920 EXHIBITION HISTORY Chadds Ford, PA, 1972, no. 89; Greenville, SC, 1974, no. 52; Chadds Ford, PA, 1976(1); Chadds Ford, PA, 1985 INITIAL USE Cover illustration, Paul Creswick, Robin Hood (Philadelphia: David McKay Co., 1917) REFERENCES "Stouthearted Heroes of a Beloved Painter," Life Magazine, vol. 43, no. 24 (Dec. 9, 1957), color illustration ps. 90-91; Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, 1972), p. 202, color illustration p. 95; Kate F. Jennings, N. C. Wyeth (New York: Brompton Books Corp., Crescent Books, 1992), color illustration p. 52; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.677, p. 353 IMAGE SOURCE Digital photography directly from painting PHOTO CREDIT Paul Mutino Photography, 7/25/2006