Frank Schoonover
Lafayette Orders Captain of La Victoire To Change His Course


1921
oil on canvas
36 h x 30 w in (91 x 76 cm)

Signed to lower right 'Frank Schoonover'.

Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist, Private Collection

Exhibited: The Gift Horse Art Gallery, West Chester, PA, 16 - 24 April 1965 | Frank E. Schoonover, 29 March - 29 April 1967, The Gift Horse Art Gallery, West Chester, PA | Frank E. Schoonover: Dean of Delaware Artists, 18 May - 1 June 1969, Delaware Arts Society, Dover | Frank E. Schoonover Illustrator, 8 September - 18 November 1979, Brandywine River Museum, Chadds Ford.

Literature: Schoonover, Smith & Dean 1030 | Lafayette, Madison, pg. 133 Frank Schoonover: Illustrator of the North American Frontier, Schoonover, pg. 164 Frank E. Schoonover: Illustrator, Brandywine River Museum exhibition catalog, pg. 53

This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.

Work is in good condition. Canvas shows stretcher marks to lower and right edges as well as minor cracking overall and some losses to top layer of pigment along extreme edges. Two small holes to right edge of canvas and three areas of restoration throughout, visible primarily under UV light. Work presents well. Framed without glazing measuring 42 x 36 inches.