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Object number2023.36.5

Artist Nat Youngblood (1916 - 2009)

MediumWatercolor paint; Paper; Graphite; Ink

Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey J. Goldstein

DescriptionWatercolor painting study on rectangular off-white paper. Painting depicts a chaotic battle scene of uniformed soldiers fighting Native Americans in front of trees. The background is a distant scene of sketched fortifications, rivers, and hills. White margins surround the painted area and there are pencil lines in the margins. Reverse is brown and undecorated.DimensionsHeight x Width: 8.5 x 10.688 in. (21.6 x 27.1 cm)
SignedArtist signature in black ink in the viewer's bottom right corner of the painting "Nat Youngblood".
Historical NotesPart of a series of five paintings on the French and Indian War. This painting depicts Grant's defeat in 1758. Part of a collection of watercolors from Nat Youngblood's Pioneer series.

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