"The spirit of '76": Some recollections of the artist and the painting

by Henry Kelsey Devereux

Illustrations

The Spirit of ’76	[Frontispiece]
Reproduced from the original painting now hanging in the Town Hall at Marblehead, Massachusetts. This reproduction is accurate as to details, and reproduces the original colors as closely as possible. Some years ago, on account of the demand for reproductions of this painting and the danger of damage to the valuable original, by a vote of the town of Marblehead, action was taken that no further reproductions from the original should be permitted; hence, many of the reproductions now available are not reproductions of the original painting but of one or other of the later replicas. These replicas differ in many respects from the original, both as to details and coloring.
Archibald M. Willard	[23]
“Yankee Doodle”	[29]
Willard’s original conception for the humorous painting submitted to J. F. Ryder, as reproduced by Willard in 1898 and presented to The Reverend William E. Barton, in whose possession it still remains.
Hugh Mosher	[41]
Henry Kelsey Devereux	[49]
The Reverend Samuel Willard	[63]
The Final Preliminary Crayon StudySketch	[73]
Showing one of the stages in the final evolution of the finished painting. Believed to be the only study sketch now in existence. Presented by Willard to Doctor Barton and still in his possession.