Listed #1 in the catalog of the artist's work from the exhibition at the
National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. in 1927. This special exhibition on John Ross Key opened January 15, 1927. Turak Gallery has a copy of the photograph showing the painting on the wall
at the
Smithsonian.
Grandson of Francis Scott Key and great-grandson of
John Ross Key, of Revolutionary fame, who recruited, equipped and
drilled a
company of troops for the Revolutionary War.
The artist was born in Hagerstown, MD.
and his early
life was passed in Washington, D.C. During the Civil War he was a
lieutenant
with the Confederate Engineers, serving as a mapmaker in Charleston,
S.C. and
Richmond, VA.
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