George Wesley Bellows, N.A. (Am. 1882-1925) The Burden-The Darkened Path Signed Geo Bellows-, l.r. Mixed media on paper mounted on board 26 x 21.25 in (66 x 54 cm) Note: Printed The Burden Mixed media drawing, pencil, ink, chalk, lithographic crayon and ink with scraping out. c.1913. One of a series of five illustrations of Percival Gibbon's A Darkened Path-A Powerful Story of a Weird Life, which appeared in Harper's Weekly, January 3rd, 1914. Apparently only 3 illustrations were used in the magazine; this one did not appear. A brief mention of these drawings is made by Charles Morgan in George Bellows-a Painter of America, page 152. on label affixed to reverse