Painter:

Wyeth, Newell Convers 1882-1945  Search this

Subject:

Price, Sterling  Search this

Type:

Paintings-Mural

Paintings-Lunette

Paintings

Owner/Location:

Missouri State Capitol Soldiers' and Sailors' Museum, east end, mezzanine floor Jefferson City Missouri 65101

Date:

Ca. 1917-1928

Notes:

Missouri Capitol Commission Board, "The Missouri State Capitol," 1983 rev. ed.

Summary:

This lunette is one of eight along the east end mezzanine that illustrate battle scenes. The view here shows the August 8, 1861 battle between Union and Confederate troops positioned on either side of Wilson's Creek. General Sterling Price mounted on his horse on the right leads his victorious Confederate soldiers in battle.

Topic:

History--United States--Civil War  Search this

Portrait male--Full length  Search this

Equestrian  Search this

Figure group  Search this

Occupation--Military--Soldier  Search this

State of Being--Evil--War  Search this

Landscape--Missouri  Search this

Landscape--River--Wilson's Creek  Search this

Control number:

IAP 27620071

Data Source:

Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums

EDAN-URL:

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