Painting Texas History to 1900 - Sam DeShong Ratcliffe - Google Books

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Dramatic historical events have frequently provided subject matter for artists, particularly in pre-twentieth-century Texas, where works portraying historical, often legendary, events and individuals predominated. Until now, however, these paintings of…