2237
Log Cabin
FES Title: Pen and Ink – drawing made for Rifles for Washington – Davis – Cabin – (Once used for xmas card) Presented to Ann Davis –
Alternate Titles: The Davis Homestead and the Mill
Date: 1938
Size: 15″H x 13″W
Medium: pen-and-ink-on-board
Type: illustration
Published: Singmaster, Elsie. Rifles for Washington. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1938: 99.
no caption
Inscription: lr as published: S
ml added after publication: F.E.S.
lr added after publication: S // To Jane Davis. / from the Artist. / Frank E. Schoonover —
Annotations: en verso on label: This drawing is property of / HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY / and is to be returned to / 2 Park Street / Boston, Massachusetts
en verso: Rifles for Washington / The Davis Homestead / and Water Mill // This drawing presented to / Jane Davis – on the occasion / of her wedding – Nov. 27- 1945 // – From the “Colonial Davis’ / Homestead to the New Home / of Jane Davis – // Frank E. Schoonover
en verso: Rifles for Washington // Davis Homestead / and the Mill
en verso stamp with hand written number: Frank E. Schoonover / 2237
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Comments: digital 8/29/07; index
Commentary: This image was used by the Schoonovers as their Christmas card in 1940.
Provenance: Given by the artist to Jane Davis (November 17, 1945); Brunk Auctions, Lot 272 (November 13, 2010); Collection of John R. Schoonover (November 13, 2010); Robert Timberlake, Lexington, North Carolina; Judy Shaw, Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania (February 15, 2013)
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