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The Spirit of Enchantment Was in the Place
FES Title: “The Spirit of Enchantment was in the Place”
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Date: 02/10/1907
Size: 36″H x 24″W
Medium: oil-on-canvas-bracket
Type: illustration
Published: van Dyke, Henry. “Between the Lupin and the Laurel.” Scribner’s Magazine, June 1907: frontispiece.
caption: The spirit of enchantment was in the place.
Inscription: lr: F.E. Schoonover / ’07
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Exhibitions:
Comments: index; edit; tear sheets; Scribner’s card
This painting was last seen at Bancroft Middle School in Wilmington, Delaware.This painting has been reported missing.
Commentary: Currently scheduled to be sold at auction on July 25, 2026 by Coeur d’Alene Art Auction .
Provenance: Originally in the collection of the Cooper
Union “Green Camp” in New Jersey. It was then gifted to the director of the camp, LaRoy Blum of NYC, around 1978 and has remained in the family to the
current owner.
Current Owner: