2475
For Three Days I Slept on the Speaker’s Platform
FES Title: For three days I slept on the Speaker’s platform with my saddle for a pillow –
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Date: 08/1955
Size: 14.5″H x 11.5″W
Medium: pen-and-ink
Type: illustration
Published: Spruance, John S. Delaware Stays in the Union. Newark: University of Delaware Press, 1955: 23.
caption: For three days I slept on the Speaker’s platform
Inscription: lmr: 55 / F.E.S.
Annotations: en verso – stamped: FRANK E. SCHOONOVER / 1616 RODNEY STREET / WILMINGTON 6, DE
en verso – stamped: Frank E. Schoonover / 2475. Aug. 1955.
en verso on label detached during conservation: Pg. 22 For three days I slept on the Speakers platform with my saddle for a pillow.
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Comments: tp 1-15-02, index; edit
Commentary: Schoonover was commissioned in 1955 to create “5 Pen and Inks for University of Delaware Historical Pamphlet by
[Dr.] John S. Spruance’ who was a professor of history at the University of Delaware (day books). This image is 8.5″ x 9″ on the paper size given above.
Provenance: Private collection
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