Wyeth and Rockwell at the Polk
N. C. Wyeth
Prestongrange ca. 1924 (detail)
Oil on canvas
David Balfour-Being Memoirs of the Further Adventures of David Balfour at Home and Abroad, by Robert Louis Stevenson, Scribner and Sons, 1924, fp. 42
Originally published in 1893, David Balfour was written by Robert Louis Stevenson as a sequel to his very popular 1886 novel Kidnapped. Both books follow the adventures of Balfour as he pursues his inheritance and his alliance with Alan Breck Stewart in the intrigues of Jacobite troubles in Scotland. The novel was very popular upon its first publication in Young Folks Magazine, and then revitalized again when it was republished with Wyeth's dynamic illustrations. One of the main characters in this sequel is Lord William Grant Prestongrange, for whom Balfour searches to plead his friend's innocence in a murder trial. Wyeth painted this portrait of Prestongrange in a dark, serious manner, reflecting the character's weighted significance in the story.
Wyeth and Rockwell at the Polk
N. C. Wyeth
Prestongrange ca. 1924 (detail)
Oil on canvas
David Balfour-Being Memoirs of the Further Adventures of David Balfour at Home and Abroad, by Robert Louis Stevenson, Scribner and Sons, 1924, fp. 42
Originally published in 1893, David Balfour was written by Robert Louis Stevenson as a sequel to his very popular 1886 novel Kidnapped. Both books follow the adventures of Balfour as he pursues his inheritance and his alliance with Alan Breck Stewart in the intrigues of Jacobite troubles in Scotland. The novel was very popular upon its first publication in Young Folks Magazine, and then revitalized again when it was republished with Wyeth's dynamic illustrations. One of the main characters in this sequel is Lord William Grant Prestongrange, for whom Balfour searches to plead his friend's innocence in a murder trial. Wyeth painted this portrait of Prestongrange in a dark, serious manner, reflecting the character's weighted significance in the story.