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Sale 2556 | Lot 124
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Sale 2556 - Lot 124
Captain John Alden / Heading Canto IV. Illustration for page 51 of The Courtship of Miles Standish, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (Boston; New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1920). Pen and ink on paper. 80x140 mm; 3 1/4x5 1/2 inches, on 9 1/2x14-inch sheet. Cornered to window matte; framed.
Provenance: The Kelly Collection of American Illustration.
Exhibited and Reproduced: The Art of the Elegant Line: Works from the Kelly Collection of American Illustration, Flippo Gallery, Randolph-Macon College, Ashland, VA February 16-April 4, 2003. Catalogue number 34.
Condition:
Very richly drawn with Wyeth's pen and brush technique visible. Faint specks of foxing in margins and offsetting from previous framing; recto captioned "Heading / Canto IV" inked in lower right corner and book title penciled on verso (both likely in publisher's hand). Inside of matte, while apparently archival, has some discoloration.
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