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 Posted: Wed Mar 21st, 2007 09:19 pm
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64thNYDrummer
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 This painting which was the subject of a recent trivia question caused me to think about it for a couple of days, with a vague feeling that something was not right. Then it came to me---The subject of the painting must have been a deserter, for if he had been paroled he would have been relieved of his weapon.

I guess the artist would claim that he had to depict his subject with the weapon in order to get his message across, or some such, maybe I am being overly picky but the lack of historical accuracy did disturb me.

Dennis Conklin