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The Patriotism of the Women of the Revolution, First Picture, (painting)

Catalog Data

Artist:
Kyle  Search this
Type:
Paintings
Exhibition Catalogs
Date:
1876
Notes:
Appears in exhibition catalog as entry no. 6
A series of six pictures, illustrating a passage in the family history of their owner. The First represents a young man, who having just heard the news of the gathering of the American forces in the neighborhood of Boston, drops his plough in the furrow and turns to meditate upon the call which his country is making upon his services. [P. 7; see entries 02010007, 02010008, 02010009, 02010010, and 02010011 for other works noted in this commentary.]
Albany Gallery of the Fine Arts, Incorporated 1846. Catalogue of the Fourth Exhibition. 1849. Albany: Printed by Charles Van Benthuysen. 1849.
Topic:
History--United States--Revolution  Search this
Occupation--Farm--Sowing  Search this
Landscape--Farm  Search this
Figure group  Search this
Allegory--Civic--Patriotism  Search this
Control number:
AECI 02010006
Data Source:
Pre-1877 Art Exhibition Catalogue Index
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_aeci_41627