2028
Holding the Oriflamme
FES Title: Holding oriflame
[sic]
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Date: 01/1934
Size: 9.75″H x 7.5″W
Medium: penandink-paper
Type: illustration
Published: Collier, Virginia M., and Jeanette Eaton. Roland the Warrior. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1934: 233.
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Inscription: lr signed after publication: Frank E. Schoonover
Annotations: en verso typed on card: Drawing no 2028 / Then Charlemagne had the clarion sounded and / he and his host turned their faces toward the / fleeing Saracens. / From the story of Roland / Roland the Warrior / Published by Harcourt Brace and Company / New York. 1934
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Comments: digital 10/06; index; edit
Commentary: This was used as the tailpiece for the ‘Epilogue.’ It was given as a wedding gift to the current owner
Provenance: Given by artist to private collection