N.C. Wyeth

Illustration of Rip Van Winkle by N.C. Wyeth.

• Newell Convers Wyeth (American, 1882-1945).
• Philadelphia: David McKay Company, c. 1921.
• This work is presented framed.

A charming pen-and-ink sketch of Rip Van Winkle inscribed to Veronica S. Hutchinson.

Hutchinson was a Carnegie Institute of Technology-trained librarian who worked first as a children's librarian at the Cleveland Public Library before joining the rare book department of the upscale department store, Halle Brothers Co., where she worked for over 40 years.