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| 1743 |
| Colonial Soldier |
| FES Title: | Colonial Soldier – holding gun – men marching back of him – A cover for Washington’s Birthday | |
| Alternate Titles: | Revolutionary War Soldier |
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| Date: | 12/04/1929 | |
| Size: | 36″H x 36″W | |
| Medium: |  |
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| Type: | illustration – cut down | |
| Published: | The Popular Magazine, 2 March 1930: cover.[no caption]Schoonover, Cortlandt. Frank Schoonover, Illustrator of the North American Frontier. New York: Watson-Guptill Publications, 1976: 129. caption: Revolutionary War Hero “Panorama of History.” American History Cards. Panarizon Publishing Corp., c.1979: cover.[no caption] Elzea, Rowland, and Iris Snyder. The American Illustration Collection of the Delaware Art Museum. Wilmington: Delaware Art Museum, 1991: 143. [not pictured] |
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| Inscription: | ll: F E Schoonover / ’29 | |
| Annotations: | en verso on upper stretcher in black paint: 1743 | |
| Exhibitions: | 1972 95th Birthday; 1990 Fort Lauderdale | |
| Comments: | Trany sent 2/18/03; TP Texas 6-02-06; form 6-04-06; index; edit | |
| Commentary: | This image was used on the interpretive sign for Mill Hill Historic Park in Norwalk, Connecticut. It was installed by the Historical Society of Norwalk in Norwalk, Connecticut in April 2017.
This painting was completely destroyed in the massive fire at the ranch home of Mr. and Mrs. Joel Sugg in 2015. |
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| Provenance: | Sold by the artist to Gertrude Skelly (March 7, 1937); Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, Delaware. Gift of Miss Gertrude Skelly [1969]; Warren Peters, New York (as of 1997); Collection of Suzanne and Joel Sugg (February 13, 2003); destroyed by fire (2015) | |
