DEVEREUX, Henry Kelsey.

"The Spirit of '76": Some Recollections of the Artist and the Painting

Item #74389

DEVEREUX, Henry Kelsey. "The Spirit of '76": Some Recollections of the Artist and the Painting. Cleveland: Privately Printed for the Author [The Arthur H. Clark Company], 1926. 1st ed. 79pp. Frontis., portraits, plates. Orig. cloth-backed boards, printed paper spine label, housed in publisher's slipcase. Label lightly sunned, slipcase worn, else near fine. Inscribed by the author on 1/2 title. One of 500 copies. Archibald Willard's famous painting of the fifer and two drummers.has become a basic part of patriotic Americana. Devereux was the model for the young drummer boy. This short work preserves his recollections of the history of the painting, the artist and figures"-Clark & Brunet 69.

Price: $100.00