N.C. Wyeth 1882-1945

By descent in the artist's family to the present owner

Rafael Sabatini, "The Romantic Prince," McCall's, vol. LVI, no. 8, May 1929
Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N.C. Wyeth: The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals, New York, 1972, p. 265
Christine Podmaniczky, N.C. Wyeth: A Catalogue Raisonné, vol. II, London, 2008, no. I.1122 (1362), p. 522, illustrated in color

Very good condition; unlined; pindots of loss in upper quadrant, stretcher bar marks along top edge; under UV: some inpainting along left and top edges and to bottom right corner.
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This painting accompanied the story of The Romantic Prince, published in McCall's in 1929, with the caption "At daybreak, mistress, in execution of the sentence passed upon him yesterday in the Governor's court."

This lot will be accompanied by the May 1929 McCall's magazine in which the work is illustrated.