After Charles Wimar titled “Abduction of Daniel Boone’s daughter” folk art painting. Second half 19th-century. Unsigned. On July 14, 1776, Boone’s daughter Jemima and two other teenage girls were captured outside Boonesborough by an Indian war party, who carried the girls north towards the Shawnee towns in the Ohio country. Boone and a group of men from Boonesborough followed in pursuit, finally catching up with them two days later. Boone and his men ambushed the Indians while they were stopped for a meal, rescuing the girls and driving off their captors. The incident became the most celebrated event of Boone’s life. James Fenimore Cooper created a fictionalized version of the episode in his classic book The Last of the Mohicans (1826). In an antique gilt molded frame. Sight size 17 3/4″ by 22″. Overall size 21″ by 25 1/2″. Relined and re-stretched.
Charles Wimar “Abduction of Daniel Boone’s Daughter” Folk Art Painting, Second Half 19th Century, Antique Gilt Molded Frame.
