American Art Gallery - Brandywine River Museum

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Description	Artist	Notes
Free Sample, Try One by De Scott Evans 1888 oil on canvas Height: 30.5 cm (12.01 in.), Width: 25.4 cm (10 in.) Brandywine River Museum Chadds Ford Township, PA	Evans, De Scott	Description: Trompe l'oeil still life depicting a small pile of almonds resting behind a broken glass pane that covers a small knook, which is painted to simulate wood grain. A small rectangular card wedged between the glass and the wood, is inscribed with :Free Sample / Try One / S. S. David."
The Nation Makers by Howard Pyle 1903 oil on canvas 40 1/4 x 26 in. Brandywine River Museum Chadds Ford Township, PA	Pyle, Howard	Description: Illustration depicting a Revolutionary War scene showing a line of ragtag American soldiers and their commander marching across an open field, one soldier carrying a tattered American flag, another playing a flute, and another playing a drum.
Torn in Transit by John Haberle circa 1890-1895 oil on canvas Height: 34.29 cm (13.5 in.), Width: 43.18 cm (17 in.) Brandywine River Museum Chadds Ford Township, PA	Haberle, John	Description: Trompe l'oeil still life depicting a landscape painting wrapped with white string and torn brown paper, with the remains of yellow and red shipping stickers visible on what's left of the paper wrapping. The landscape painting depicts a waterfall with a mountain in the distance.

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by De Scott Evans

1888
oil on canvas
Height: 30.5 cm (12.01 in.), Width: 25.4 cm (10 in.)

Brandywine River Museum

Chadds Ford Township, PA

Evans, De Scott

Description: Trompe l'oeil still life depicting a small pile of almonds resting behind a broken glass pane that covers a small knook, which is painted to simulate wood grain. A small rectangular card wedged between the glass and the wood, is inscribed with :Free Sample / Try One / S. S. David."

The Nation Makers

by Howard Pyle

1903
oil on canvas
40 1/4 x 26 in.

Brandywine River Museum

Chadds Ford Township, PA

Pyle, Howard

Description: Illustration depicting a Revolutionary War scene showing a line of ragtag American soldiers and their commander marching across an open field, one soldier carrying a tattered American flag, another playing a flute, and another playing a drum.

Torn in Transit

by John Haberle

circa 1890-1895
oil on canvas
Height: 34.29 cm (13.5 in.), Width: 43.18 cm (17 in.)

Brandywine River Museum

Chadds Ford Township, PA

Haberle, John

Description: Trompe l'oeil still life depicting a landscape painting wrapped with white string and torn brown paper, with the remains of yellow and red shipping stickers visible on what's left of the paper wrapping. The landscape painting depicts a waterfall with a mountain in the distance.