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Show 150-Year-Old Paintings Found Under Wall Paper Murals apparently painted in the days just after the American Revolution Revo-lution have been uncovered in an old Rockport, Mass., home. Buried under four layers of wallpaper for several generations, the murals, quaint in design and of antiquarian value, were found when decorators cleaned the walls preparatory to re-papering. re-papering. Mrs. Marian J. Cooney, whose family owned the house for many years, was unaware of the murals' presence. The stock of new wallpaper wall-paper she had selected to cover the parlor's walls never will be used. Identity of the artist who created the work is not known, although Mrs. Etta S. Moore, 80 years old, recalled that the builder, George Knowlton, had a daughter who was artistically inclined. The paintings were believed to have been executed about 150 years ago as the two flags crossed over an apple tree and a brace of doves, contained 13 stars and 10 bars each. Figures in this mural and those on the other three walls are stiiT, but ' attractive. Most interesting of the panels is one depicting a farm worker at a well who lifts an oaken bucket to his lips as a small blue dog looks on. |