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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