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| Victory: Bringing Down a German Ace |
| FES Title: | Victory: Bringing down a German Ace | |
| Alternate Titles: | A Hit | |
| Date: | 03/13/1918 | |
| Size: | 36″H x 27″W | |
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| Type: | illustration | |
| Published: | “Our War Eagles.” Red Cross Magazine, July 1918: 19. caption: “A Hit” The American plane on the left has made a hit. His shots have perforated the enemy’s gasoline tank and set his plane afire. One wing has broken away and the German aviator is about to jump Abbot, Willis J. The United States in the Great War. New York: Leslie-Judge Co., 1919: 27. Ianni, Francis A. World War One Remembered. Wilmington: Delaware Heritage Commission, 1993: 66. |
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| Inscription: | ul: Frank E. Schoonover / ’18 | |
| Annotations: | en verso stamped on upper stretcher: From / F.E. Schoonover / 1616 Rodney Street / Wilmington, DEL | |
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| Comments: | TP – Texas 6/02/06; form 6-04-06 slide; index; edit |
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| Provenance: | American Illustrators Gallery, New York; Schoonover Studios, Ltd., Wilmington, Delaware (October 28, 1992); Somerville Manning Gallery, Greenville, Delaware (as of 1994); Collection of Suzanne and Joel Sugg (September 15, 1994) | |
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