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4583 - Painting
"The Bunker Hill Intrenching Party" by Francis Luis Mora is a 1898 color oil painting. It depicts men listening to a prayer by Samuel Langdon, president of Harvard College, on the Cambridge Common on June 16, 1775 before the Battle of Bunker Hill. Francis Luis Mora was born in Uruguay. He painted murals for the Red Cross Headquarters in Washington D.C. and painted President Warren G. Harding's portrait. This painting is in Henry Cabot Lo...
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4603 - Painting
"The Battle of Bennington" is a black and white oil painting with light blue sky painted by Frederick Coffay Yohn in 1898. The painting depicts a man in the center dropping his gun, as two armies fire upon one another and use their guns as blunt instruments in Walloomsac, New York on August 16, 1777. In 1898, Henry Cabot Lodge wrote "The Story of the American Revolution." Lodge commissioned the finest illustrators for the book, among them was...
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4611 - Painting
"Capture of the British Wagon-Train by Marion" is a color oil painting in by Hugh W. Ditzler in 1898. It depicts a British wagon train surprised by Francis Marion's troops in the summer of 1780. Marion was known as the Swamp Fox for his cunning and resourceful guerrilla tactics, which won him battles despite lacking numbers and firepower. The painting is featured in Henry Cabot Lodge's "The Story of the Revolution" (Volume 2, Page 46). It...
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988.508.118 - Painting
"The Surrender of Burgoyne" was painted in 1898 by F. C. Yohn. Black, grey and white oil on canvas with a muted blue sky. Image depicts the surrender of General Sir John Burgoyne giving his sword to Major Horatio Gates at Saratoga, NY on October 17, 1777. The disarmed British soldiers passed between the American lines, which extended for nearly a mile. General Burgoyne, stepped to one side, drew his sword, in silence, handed it to General Gates,...
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988.508.119 - Painting
"British Defeat at Tyron County" was painted by Howard Chandler Christy in 1898. Black and white oil painting of the Tyron county men under Brig. General Nicholas Herkimer at the Battle of Oriskany, NY; August 6, 1777. Mortally wounded early in action, the brave old man had himself propped up with his saddle against a tree and continued to direct the battle. Howard Chandler Christy was born in 1873 in Ohio. His subjects included President Coo...
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988.508.120 - Painting
"Tearing Down the Leaden Statue of George III, on Bowling Green, New York, to Celebrate the Signing of the Declaration of Independence" by Frederick Coffay Yohn. Vertical oil painting in black, grey and muted blue depicting a statue of horse and rider being pulled down with ropes by a crowd in the night. The lead was later moulded into bullets for the American Army. In 1898 Henry Cabot Lodge wrote "The Story of the Revolution;" this image is i...
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988.508.122 - Painting
"Washington Taking Command of the Army at Cambridge" by Hugh W. Ditzler. On July 3, 1775, at about nine in the morning, Washington with several of the general officers, went on foot (not mounted, as he is often represented) to the elm still standing by the edge of Cambridge Commons, and here said a few words to the assembled troops and drew his sword to take command of the Continental Army. Oil painting in shades of black and gray. Painting wa...
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988.508.124 - Painting
"The Attack on Quebec" by Frederick Coffay Yohn in 1898, which shows Benedict Arnold's unsuccessful attack on Quebec in Lower Canada on December 31, 1775. Oil painting in blacks and whites, horizontal, showing soldiers running in snow. The Second Division under Arnold, attacking. Arnold, who lead this part of the attack, was completely disabled by a musket wound, and was obliged to leave the field. In 1898 Henry Cabot Lodge wrote "The Story of...
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988.508.126 - Painting
"Col. William Prescott on the Parapet at Bunker Hill" by F. C. Yohn in 1898. Oil painting in shades of black & white shows Prescott standing on the parapet on Bunker Hill in Charlestown, MA on June 17, 1775. The sight of that tall, soldierly figure standing calmly out in full view of the enemy gave confidence at once. In 1898 Henry Cabot Lodge wrote "The Story of the Revolution;" this image is in Vol. I, p. 79. The painting was donated by ...
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988.508.127 - Painting
Oil painting of the "Fight at North Bridge over the Concord River in Concord, MA" April 19, 1775. Painted primarily in black and gray, but the British soldiers are shown wearing red coats. This painting was commissioned by Henry Cabot Lodge for his two volume book "The Story of the American Revolution" and this image can be seen in Vol. 1 on page 43. On Exhibit in Revolutionary War Room: Return to Rm 32 A28
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988.508.131 - Painting
"Clark's Advance Against Vincennes" is a 1898 color oil painting on canvas by F. C. Yohn of a battle during the Revolutionary War. Soldiers travelled across Horse Shoe Plain, four miles of wading in water, sometimes breast high. In 1898 Henry Cabot Lodge wrote "The Story of the Revolution;" this image is in Vol. 2, Page 25. The painting was donated by Susan Day Parker in 1904.
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988.508.132 - Painting
Oil painting done in shades of black and gray entitled "Washington's Troops Disembarking on the Trenton Shore of the Delaware River" on December 25, 1776, which was completed in 1898. This painting was commissioned by Henry Cabot Lodge for his two volume book "The Story of the Revolution" (Vol. 1, Page 209).
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988.508.133 - Painting
"The Battle of Kings Mountain" on the border of North and South Carolina October 7, 1780. Black and white oil painting by F.C. Yohn in 1898 showing solders around a tree in the foreground and a battle in the background. The British rallied and drove their foes back with bayonet in one place only to meet them in another, and each time the wave of backwoodsmen came a little higher. In 1898 Henry Cabot Lodge wrote "The Story of the Revolution", t...
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988.508.135 - Painting
"The Capture of Paulus Hook" depicts the battle where Henry Lee captured Paulus Hook in Jersey City, New Jersey. The artist Clyde Asmer Deland was active in the Philadelphia region. He graduated from the University of Rochester. He painted historic scenes for the National Museum and Carpenter's Hall. He also illustrated Rafael Sabatini's Captain Blood. This illustration was in Henry Cabot Lodge's Story of the Revolution (Volume 2, Page 139) a...
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988.508.136 - Painting
"The Capture of Ticonderoga by Ethan Allen" is a black and white oil on canvas 1898, by F. C. Yohn. Battle scene of Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys' capture of Fort Ticonderoga on Lake Champlain May 10th 1775. "There was little resistance and the sentries, after one or two shots, threw down their arms." In 1898 Henry Cabot Lodge wrote "The Story of the Revolution;" this image is in Volume 2, Page 61. The painting was donated in 1...
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988.508.137 - Painting
"Paul Revere Rousing the Inhabitants Along the Road to Lexington" by F. C. Yohn is an oil painting done in shades of black and gray showing Paul Revere's ride from Charlestown to Lexington on April 18, 1775. This painting was commissioned by Henry Cabot Lodge for his book "The Story of the Revolution" and can be seen in Vol. 1, Page 33.
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988.508.138 - Painting
1898 oil painting in color by Hugh W, Ditzler entitled "Battle of Monmouth." The battle scene depicts cannons, specifically Oswald's artillery, which had drawn two additional guns from Varnum's brigade, exchanging shots with the enemy (Native Americans). It was the last battle between the British and the Native Americans and took place in Monmouth, New Jersey on June 28, 1778. Painting appears in The story of the Revolution by Henry Cabot Lo...
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988.508.139 - Painting
Oil painting done in shades of black and gray entitled "Winter at Valley Forge" by F. C. Yohn. Depicts a man by a cannon in the snow and troops huddled in the background. This painting was commissioned by Henry Cabot Lodge for his book "The Story of the Revolution" and can be seen in Vol. 1, Page 307.
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988.508.141 - Painting
1898 oil painting entitled "The Capture of Stony Point by Wayne;" black and white by F. C. Yohn in 1898. On back - "Wayne at Stoney Point. As Wayne was crossing the Abatis, a musket-ball struck him in the head, dazed as he was by the blow, he called out that if he was mortally hurt he wanted to die in the Fort, and his aides picked him up and bore him forward." In 1898 Henry Cabot Lodge wrote The Story of the American Revolution, this image is...
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988.508.143 - Painting
Oil painting of "The Retreat from Concord" by E.C. Peixotto. Painted primarily in shades of black and gray with the British soldiers shown in red coats. This painting was commissioned by Henry Cabot Lodge for his two volume book "The Story of the Revolution" and this image can be seen in Vol. 1, Page 48.
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