Show WEAL r catorio 0 know who the of to do ou know lo 10 old it Is ask questions nf the ive ruge he will sanke ills I 1 lie knows the tell enough for ho li i seen it of times he gren il in a home in w icci n of it occupied a place la fourth of july pander too he tos seen living reproductions of it but further than his to lecog ut it be knows but little of it 3 S origin or of the artist who conceived alt f this picture which has stirred its sentiments of the nation ts rs first exhibited at alie phil centennial exposition lu it ns 1 lie work of a soldier M julard who saw sen ice with the I 1 union forces duding alie civil iv ir 3 feniard never drew my other picture a illch could in popularity titi that single elfort upon this one i antas al ne rests his fame I 1 bore the work came dinse i w being nothing more than a earl tubre to ahe fr brief lime and be a imly forg the spirit of ag neer caused a as a work of art bivs the xe lork bu achieved its popularity solely through K forceful appeal to the alor aln 91 aad loe of countey that 1 ted in the heart of aery true citizen flag experts it ns being Nori cally inaccurate for the ban iff used by the colonial soldiers in ial hid the crosses of saint george ff taj saint andrew in the canton i ft illard drew an ensign con lining thirteen stars and this de a I 1 was not originated until june 17 1 7 clr once said my picture 5 not painted in commemoration of y 18 or or any oilier special f in the life of the nation but of the vital and ever to of american patriotism ni august 22 in bedford a til awn west of cleveland ohio lard showed a fondness for draw al 71 a nd painting from his boyhood career as an artist did not bew linger until as late as 1872 at i time he was following his trade P wellington ohio as a carriage M a trade to which he had been enticed as a youth the actual hii or constructing coaches did not wl to him BO much as the highly task of painting the on vv product in the elaborate fashion tl at day his skill with the brush is acknowledged by ills associates id d w little brightly col w on the side of a car i af ehlt y would attract banry of a buier a m the of his employer d i one ay undertook to pro rf t etliong cheerful something abc H this resulted in if arst picture brought bis 0 I 1 to the attention of cleveland s saling photographer and freed bilm to i frola the labor of wagon we h ode was the title to this creation and it sue ea ith the public largely because portrayed childish cag dab acolon mI larl s ace ahll tann cart add thear ferth g eave the artest ahls idea loaf sketch it snowed vividly the wild ride trying their copy ay best to maintain their balance in the little wagon tossing this way and that as the dog to which it was harnessed was giving chase to a suddenly aroused rabbit an official of the wagon works liked the picture BO well that he wanted it framed and sent it to cleveland for that purpose there it came to the at of the altys leading art deal er and photographer james F ryder who immediately classed it as a find As soon as the drawing bad been framed ryder personally carried it back to wellington to make the acquaintance of the artist lie waa somewhat surprised to meet the originator of pluck dumber one on the second floor of the wagon shop but undaunted inquired immediately biow did the race come out realizing that words could not convey a satisfactory answer wallard laid aside his overalls and got busy painting his answer pluck number two was speedily it showed that the dog had won the art dealer was quick to capitalize the twin pictures chromes were the fad then and the dealer had wallard s pictures copyrighted with the artist as halt owner before lon ten thousand copies had been sold convincing clyder that he had discovered a man of talent he went ahe id planning new cn tures for his leaving wellington wallard set up a in cleveland in 1873 for a while he devoted his time to the drawing of cartoons many of which appeared in the country s leading newspapers how for his masterpiece the spirit of 70 about a year before the opening of the exposition cele brateng the one hundredth annl kerf cary of the signing of the declaration of independence the enterprising ader was looking for something that would be appropriate for such an occasion anally it came to him it was aa he explained it to wallard Wll lard yankee doodle just put yankee doodle into something the more original the bet ter go to it and get it ready before the big show opens the first method of treatment which naturally occurred to both men wag along the line of the caricatures which they had produced so success fully up to that time in telling about it afterward wallard said that the mention of yankee doodle photographed on my mind three things the flag the aflfe and the drum and a background naturally presented itself wallard 8 children had provided the material that inspired hla first artistic success in pluck number one hla father was to provide the inspiration for the production of his masterpiece this aged gentleman had come from wellington to pose for his son one day while working on bis outline of yankee doodle he caught a glint in the older mans eye and in a flash it was revealed to him what yankee doodle really meant 1 I could not go ahead any farther with the burlesque idea the artist said tho real pic ture pushed ever thing else aside and went ahead and painted itself willards father who thua aided so greatly in the creation of the spirit of 70 was a baptist minister rev daniel wallard born in vermont in 1801 the elder wallard waa in his seventy fourth year when he posed for the central figure in the group r the original alfer was one hugh moser a resident of a small town near cleveland rejected because of his age during the civil war he was nevertheless erth eless considered essential at all patriotic gatherings in the neighbor hood where his flung was famous the drummer boy was posed by harry K Dee reus a cleveland lad his father gen J H devereux a prominent railway president bought the painting after its showing in philadelphia washington boston and other cities the general presented it to his native town of marblehead mass where it was hung in abbot hall library the picture itself la eight feet wide and ten feet hagli it was begun during 1875 1 the studio of W tills adaid cleveland it was in euclid avenue officially unveiled at the centennial its first name yankee next year the doodle was changed while the work exhibition in boston to it was on present title the spirit of 70 |