The Spirit of '76 (Homages #241)
Homages to The Spirit of '76 in chronological order. But first, the original...
Begun in 1875, and first displayed in 1876, it was originally titled Yankee Doodle, but was changed to The Spirit of '76 while on display in Boston. You can read more about the painting in the Wikipedia article, and there's also an interesting article from The Sundance Times.
This is one of those paintings that has been reproduced so many times, I couldn't be really sure which was the original. Since it's on display at Abbott Hall in Marblehead, Massachusetts, I figured I'd go with the version on Marblehead's official website.
I'm showing some other versions below, along with the article from The Sundance Times (July 1, 1926). Enjoy.
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You may have to download that Sundance Times article to be able to read it. I had to piece it together from five screenshots to get it all.
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The list below is in chronological order.