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>There is a very famous Revolutionary War painting which shows three
>figures playing fifes and drums, one with his head bandaged. Can anyone
>please, please tell us who painted it. It's one those things that
>everyone recognizes immediately. Any help welcomed.
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>Stan Shiebert
>Fine and Performing Arts
>Seattle Public Library

        The painting is "The Spirit of '76," by Ohio
artist Archibald M. Willard (1836-1918). It was done
ca.1875-1876, for display at the Centennial Exhibition in
Philadelphia.  Due to the great success of the piece,
Willard painted several replicas of it; *the* original is
housed in Abbott Hall, in Marblehead, Mass.

                                        --K.A. Bayruns
                                          Pierpont Morgan Library
                                          New York, NY