The Spirit that Won the War, (painting)

Object Details

Eldredge, Charles C., "Tales from the easel: American narrative paintings from Southeastern Museums, circa 1800-1950," Athens, Ga.: University of Georgia Press, 2004, no. 46.; "Three Hundred Years of American Art in the Chrysler Museum," Norfolk, VA: Chrysler Museum at Norfolk, 1975, pg. 130.; Hagood, Martha N., and Jefferson C. Harrison, "American Art at the Chrysler Museum: Selected Paintings, Sculpture, and Drawings," Norfolk, VA: Chrysler Museum of Art, 2005, pg. 66.
Summary: Interior scene depicting the young man of the house preparing to rush off to battle, joining other soldiers gathering in the doorway, while his mother stops him, her left hand pointing toward heaven. To the left, a young woman stuffs loaves of bread into a sack for the soldiers, while another young woman searches a trunk for a an ammunition bag. In the foreground two elderly men read the news of the Declaration of Independence and three children are seen melting down pots and pans to make bullets,

1855

Owner/Location: Chrysler Museum of Art 245 West Olney Road (at Mowbray Arch) Norfolk Virginia 23510-1587 Accession Number: 71.2728

Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums

Topic: Architecture interior--Domestic--House; Figure group--Family; Object--Weapon--Gun; Recreation--Leisure--Reading; Object--Written Matter--Newspaper