NEWELL CONVERS WYETH (1882-1945) RINGING OUT LIBERTY. 1930. 41x27 1/4 inches, 104x69 1/4 cm. Condition B+: repaired tear through top edge into image; restoration and overpainting at edges; creases and abrasions in image. N. C. Wyeth was commissioned in the late 1920s to produce four paintings for the Pennsylvania Railroad featuring patriotic themes. These images were then used for posters, and subsequently as calendar backs, in 1932. A student of Howard Pyle, Wyeth was a prolific illustrator whose work appeared in magazines and children's books. In keeping with his style as a children's book illustrator, this image romanticizes the quintessential American patriotic scene; Philadelphia in 1776 and the one-time ringing of the Liberty Bell.
