Topic: Places, Streets and Sites
"The Spirit of '76"
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| Catalog date |
02/06/2007 |
| Category |
8: Communication Artifact |
| Classification |
Abbot Hall |
| Collection |
Snow Post Card Collection |
| Abstract |
Colored postcard of "The Spirit of '76" by A.M. Willard.
Few people know that the original oil painting of this popular picture, displaying with so much energy "the spirit of '76" is in Marblehead, Mass. in Abbot Hall. It is a large life-sized canvas and well worth seeing. Painted from life by A.M. Willard of Cleveland, O., and exhibited at the Centennial exhibition at Philadelphia, in 1876. Bought by Gen. John H. Devereux, for $5,000. and presented to the town, as his son Harry K. Devereux was the drummer-boy in the painting and is still living (1929) at his home at Wichliffe, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland. |
| Field 01 |
Abbot Hall & Spirit of '76 |
| Home Location |
W P.C. Box Far Rm. Shelf#7 |
| Object ID |
2002-007-1685 |
| Object Name |
Postcard |
| People |
Devereaux, John |
| Search Terms |
Spirit of '76 |
| Sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |
| Subjects |
Spirit of '76 |
| Title |
"The Spirit of '76" |
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COPYRIGHT INFORMATION ~ This image is the property of the Marblehead Historical Commission and may not be used in any form without prior permission. When using this image with permission, the credit information should be in the following format: Image courtesy of the Marblehead Historical Commission, Marblehead, MA.
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Rev. 1.0a 1/2009 Contact the Historical Commission at 781-639-3425 or e-mail us (please include the "Object ID" number) at: butlerw@marblehead.org
Last modified on: January 05, 2009
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