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| 30 |
| Pulling the Cannon |
| FES Title: | 5th drawing for “Louisbourg” | |
| Alternate Titles: | Dragging the Guns Over the Marshes | |
| Date: | 12/1900 | |
| Size: | 18.5″H x 12.25″W | |
| Medium: |  |
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| Type: | illustration | |
| Published: | created for but not published in: Brady, Cyrus Townsend. “Colonial Fighters at Louisbourg.” McClure’s Magazine, September 1901.published in: Schoonover, Cortlandt. Frank Schoonover, Illustrator of the North American Frontier. New York: Watson-Guptill Publications, 1976: 169. caption: Pulling the Cannon |
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| Inscription: | lr: F E Schoonover | |
| Annotations: | en verso on label: Illustration for #30 / “Peppermill at Louisbourg” // Dragging the guns over the marshes |
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| Comments: | TP 8/3/02; index; edit | |
| Commentary: | This illustration, intended for “Colonial Fighters at Louisbourg,” was not used. Schoonover rendered the same scene again from a slightly different angle and it was published as #31. (day books) A small sketch for this painting was found in the artist’s studio with the following note in Schoonover’s hand, “These sketches made by Howard Pyle as a directive for the young artist – FES.–“
This painting was appraised by Hardcastle Gallery, Centerville, Delaware in 2007. |
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| Provenance: | Sold by artist to Frank V. Rich, Wilmington, Delaware; Frank E. Schoonover Fund Inc., Wilmington, Delaware. Gift of Henrietta Rich (2002); Collection of Chris Savage (2008) |
