1289 |
Leaving the Fort |
FES Title: | Leaving the Fort | |
Alternate Titles: | Washington’s Little Band of Voyageurs Leaving Fort Le Beouf |
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Date: | 03/23/1924 | |
Size: | 36″H x 30″W | |
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Type: | illustration | |
Published: | Madison, Lucy Foster. Washington. Philadelphia: The Penn Publishing Company, 1925: frontispiece. caption: “It Was a Period of Intense Anxiety. At Length, However, He succeeded in Getting His Savage Allies Off with Him”______. New York: The Hampton Publishing Company, 1925: frontispiece. caption: [same as above] Chambers, Robert W. The Hidden Children. New York City: Grosset & Dunlap, 1930: cover. Erskine, Laurie York. “The Man Who Led the Way.” The American Boy–Youth’s Companion, February 1932: 9. |
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Inscription: | lr: Frank E. Schoonover / ’24 | |
Annotations: | en verso on original typed label on upper stretcher: 1289 / Washington / Period of intense anxiety. At Length, however, / He succeeded in getting / his savage allies off with it.
en verso on label on blue paper on canvas: Wilmington Society of the Fine Arts / Wilmington Library Building / PLEASE ATTACH TO BACK OF CANVAS / Washington’s Little Band en verso on label on upper stretcher: Original Illustration from / Washington” / by Lucy Foster Madison / “It was a period of intense anxiety. At / length, however, he succeeded in getting his savage / allies off with him.” / Property of / The Penn Publishing Company Philadelphia |
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Exhibitions: | 1926 WSFA; 1931 FES | |
Comments: | NT 4×5; TP Texas 6-02-06; form 6-04-06; relined index; edit |
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Commentary: | This painting was completely destroyed in the massive fire at the ranch home of Mr. and Mrs. Joel Sugg in 2015. | |
Provenance: | Artist; Schoonover Studios, Ltd., Wilmington, Delaware; Alan Goffman, Philadelphia (March 23, 1986); American Illustrators Gallery, New York [1990]; Collection of Suzanne and Joel Sugg; destroyed by fire (2015) |