The title of this painting comes from the line that it illustrates in J. Hay's The Pike County Ballads which reads: "And sarched for 'em far and near." The work is catalogued by the Brandywine River Museum and Conservancy as The Pike County Ballads, untitled headpiece.

This painting is included in the N.C. Wyeth catalogue raisonné database that is being compiled by the Brandywine River Museum and Conservancy, Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania.