Elfreth's Alley
Date1950
Artist
Andrew Wyeth
(American painter, 1917–2009)
Illustration CitationThe City in the Dawn, by Hervey Allen (New York: Rinehart and Co.,1950)
MediumWatercolor on paper
Dimensions16 × 14 3/4 in. (40.6 × 37.5 cm)
frame: 21 1/4 × 21 1/8 in. (54 × 53.7 cm)
frame: 21 1/4 × 21 1/8 in. (54 × 53.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. William E. Phelps, 1964
Object number1964-15
On View
Not on viewClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextThis painting is a study for a book jacket for "The City in the Dawn" by Hervey Allen. The book was a compilation of three stories set in colonial America. For the cover Wyeth pictured Elfreth's Alley, a Philadelphia street lined with houses dating to the early eighteenth century.
