Capture of Fort Ticonderoga

Accession Number
1895.37

Title
Capture of Fort Ticonderoga

Artist(s)
Alonzo Chappel

Artist Nationality
American (North American)

Object Creation Date
before 1856

Medium & Support
oil on canvas

Dimensions
24 1/16 in x 34 in (61.12 cm x 86.36 cm);40 in x 31 in x 2 ½ in (101.6 cm x 78.74 cm x 6.35 cm)

Credit Line
Bequest of Henry C. Lewis

Physical Description
A man and woman wearing white emerge from an arched stone doorway. The man steps forward, holding a candle in his elevated right hand and a yellow textile in this left hand. The textile drags behind him, hiding most of the lower body of the female figure. In front of this couple on a platform are two more figures, one wearing a blue jacket with coattails and holding a sword, point down, in this right hand while his left hand is raised in a pointing gesture above his head. In the wake of the figure in blue is a smaller figure wearing a brown tunic and holding a lantern. Larson 2/5/18 

Primary Object Classification
Painting

Primary Object Type
figure painting

Collection Area
Western

Rights
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Keywords
Fort Ticonderoga
candles
fortresses
groups
males
sword

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