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NEWELL CONVERS WYETH (1882-1945) PITTSBURGH IN THE BEGINNING / PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD. Circa 1930. 41x27 3/4 inches, 104x70 1/2 cm. Condition B+: minor restoration along repaired tear through bottom into text; minor restoration and tears in margins. In the late 1920s, N.C. Wyeth was commissioned to produce four paintings for the Pennsylvania Railroad featuring patriotic themes; these images were used for posters, and subsequently, in 1932, as calendar backs. A student of Howard Pyle, Wyeth was a prolific illustrator whose work appeared in magazines and children's books. Here, in keeping with his style as a children's book illustrator, this image romanticizes the establishment of Fort Prince George, at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers, between Colonists and Native Americans. Not in Zega.
