Art-Wyeth-Old Pew TB

This trackable has the goal to circulate more than five years and to be moved by at least 25 cachers. That is a target rate of five drops per year for five years, or a drop every 73 days. As of 1-Nov-21 it had survived for 4.3 years and had been moved by 11 cachers, for an average release every 144 days. Keep it moving!

No permission is needed to leave the U.S. While in the U.S., please drop it in a Premium Member only OR a rural cache near a busy trail or road. Do not place it in an urban cache or abandon it at a caching event where there is no security. Transport the bug in the original plastic bag for as long as the bag lasts; the bag keeps the trackable clean, protects the number and prevents tangling with other items. Otherwise, take the trackable anywhere you wish.

At a time in the 1940s I was at my grandparents old house, rooting around in the attic/play room of my father and his brother and sister. I was just looking at old toys on shelves when I discovered some books, among them "The Last of the Mohicans" and "The Boys King Arthur." I was enough taken by the illustrations of these two books to read all the first book and some of the latter (I got confused by all the weird names). And, I noted most of the drawings were by someone named Wyeth.

N. C. (Newell Convers) Wyeth (1882-1945) was an American artist and illustrator. He initially earned his living as an illustrator of western stories, after having taken two trips to live and work in the west. By 1911, N.C. Wyeth began to move away from Western subjects and on to illustrating classic literature. He painted a series for an edition of Treasure Island (1911), by Robert Louis Stevenson. The Last of the Mohicans (1919) and The Boy's King Arthur (1922; title page only) came later. Wyeth would read a book thoroughly before doing the contracted illustrations.

The illustration featured on this travel bug is from the Robert Louis Stevenson book, Treasure Island.  I also read this book as a kid and recently saw the original painting at the Brandywine Museum, Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania..