Pursued: The Intrepid Col. John Harper, New York Frontier, 1777
Oil 60 x 42 Available
$14,000.00 USD
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Margaret Bevier Wright Memorial Prize, Annual National Art Competition, Cooperstown Art Association, 2017 Finalist, International Salon, Art Renewal Center, 2017
During the turbulent summer of 1777, New York was embroiled in an aggressive British campaign on three fronts aimed at severing the colonies and crushing the American rebellion. Many militiamen from the frontier settlements including those in present day Schoharie and Otsego counties flooded to Fort Ticonderoga in an attempt to repulse General Burgoyne's advance from Canada with his army of British, Hessians and Native Americans.
As the threat grew, tensions raised and violence ensued among neighbors and marauding loyalist and native war parties. Due to the absence of the local militia, patriots in the Schoharie valley found themselves in such a struggle. As the crisis reached a critical point with an approaching band of loyalists, several men were sent to Albany on foot with desperate messages from the Committee of Safety to procure military support. But hope dwindled that they would safely and successfully return with help in time to rescue those making a stand. John Harper, a very active local patriot and colonel of militia arrived on the scene the day before the expected arrival of the enemy and volunteered to try his hand at the task. After multiple encounters with tory groups, Harper managed to evade capture or worse and rode for Albany and help. Pursued on horseback by two armed Indians, he was forced to make a critical decision which would likely determine his fate and that of his fellow patriots on this remote front of the American Revolution.
Information from "History of Schoharie County, and Border Wars of New York"; by Jeptha Simms; Munsell & Tanner Printers, Albany, New York, 1845.
The frame for this painting was crafted by local wood worker William Haley Jr. using reclaimed fir lumber from a circa 1900 silo on a farm believed to be in the same general area as Col. Harper's route to Albany.
For international purchases, please contact Jonathan directly below.
SHOW PARTICIPATION AND AWARDS
Margaret Bevier Wright Memorial Prize, Annual National Art Competition, Cooperstown Art Association, 2017
Finalist, International Salon, Art Renewal Center, 2017
During the turbulent summer of 1777, New York was embroiled in an aggressive British campaign on three fronts aimed at severing the colonies and crushing the American rebellion. Many militiamen from the frontier settlements including those in present day Schoharie and Otsego counties flooded to Fort Ticonderoga in an attempt to repulse General Burgoyne's advance from Canada with his army of British, Hessians and Native Americans.
As the threat grew, tensions raised and violence ensued among neighbors and marauding loyalist and native war parties. Due to the absence of the local militia, patriots in the Schoharie valley found themselves in such a struggle. As the crisis reached a critical point with an approaching band of loyalists, several men were sent to Albany on foot with desperate messages from the Committee of Safety to procure military support. But hope dwindled that they would safely and successfully return with help in time to rescue those making a stand. John Harper, a very active local patriot and colonel of militia arrived on the scene the day before the expected arrival of the enemy and volunteered to try his hand at the task. After multiple encounters with tory groups, Harper managed to evade capture or worse and rode for Albany and help. Pursued on horseback by two armed Indians, he was forced to make a critical decision which would likely determine his fate and that of his fellow patriots on this remote front of the American Revolution.
Information from "History of Schoharie County, and Border Wars of New York"; by Jeptha Simms; Munsell & Tanner Printers, Albany, New York, 1845.
The frame for this painting was crafted by local wood worker William Haley Jr. using reclaimed fir lumber from a circa 1900 silo on a farm believed to be in the same general area as Col. Harper's route to Albany.