First News of the Battle of Lexington

Artist William Tylee Ranney (American, 1813–1857)

Date1847

MediumOil on canvas

Dimensions44 1/16 x 63 5/16 in. (111.9 x 160.8 cm)
Frame: 51 3/4 x 71 in. (131.4 x 180.3 cm)

ClassificationsPaintings

Credit LinePurchased with funds from the State of North Carolina

Object number52.9.25

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Provenance**Created United States, 1847; collection of the artist; sold to American Art-Union, New York, 1847; distributed by lottery to Mrs. John Stevens Cogdell (née Maria Gilchrist), Charleston, SC, 1847; possibly bequeathed to nephew, Robert Cogdell Gilchrist, 1858 [1]. [John P. Nicholson Gallery, New York]; sold to NCMA, 1952.

[1] In her Will, signed May 8,1856 and probated December 15,1858, Maria Gilchrist Cogdell, widow of John S. Cogdell, bequeathed to her nephew Robert Cogdell Gilchrist, "the sum of one thousand dollars, also all my books pictures and engravings." (transcript of Will at South Carolina State Archives, Columbia)