Painting
- Title:
- Colonel John Stark, at Amoskeag Falls: The Hero of Bennington and Bunker Hill Answers the Call to Arms 1775
- Object Name:
- Painting
- Object ID:
- 1943.005.01
- Creator:
- Faulkner, Barry (1881-1966) -- Artist
- Place of Origin:
- Keene, NH/New York, NY
- Date:
- 1942
- Description:
- Historical painting (preliminary study for mural in the Senate Chamber of the NH Statehouse), Colonel John Stark, at Amoskeag Falls: The Hero of Bennington and Bunker Hill Answers the Call to Arms 1775, by Barry Faulkner (1881-1966), 1942. Oil on academy board. John Stark leaving for war. In arched panel, gray background. Attendant holding horse of light color, Stark donning his green coat over white shirt. Large waterwheel and building in background. Preliminary study for mural painted in New Hampshire State Senate Chamber. Gray-painted wood frame, unadorned.
- Material:
- Textile
Canvas over Wood Board - Dimensions:
- H-25.5 W-14.2 inches
- Provenance:
- Gift from the artist. Preliminary study for mural in the Senate Chamber of the NH Statehouse.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Barry Faulkner
- Subjects:
- Revolutionary War, Stark, John, Waterwheels, Horses
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